verb

1. To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).

   "You will absolve a subject from his allegiance."

2. To resolve; to explain; to solve.

3. To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt.

4. To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for.

5. To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to.

6. To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin.

7. To finish; to accomplish.

8. To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.