absolve

• It was not my province to absolve or condemn the Governor of India, but Mr. Sheridan's eloquence demanded my applause, nor could I hear without emotion the personal compliment which he paid me in the presence of the British nation. —  Memoirs of the Life of Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan Vol 2
• When Castro was sentenced to prison for insurrection, he consciously modeled his speech after Hitler's "History will absolve me" speech before being sentenced to Landsberg Prison. —  American Thinker
• Electing a Black President does not somehow wash away the stain of slavery, or absolve or country of its racist past. —  Everyday Citizen
• If justice thought she did me no wrong to punish me, the righteous, then let it not be thought a wrong to justice to pardon, absolve, and justify the unrighteous Now, if he be so righteous a person, it follows necessarily, that he hath a righteous cause, for an honest man will not advocate an unjust cause. —  The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
• I must in God's name absolve her from sins that my human heart cannot forgive. —  Pater Peter. English.

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