This week’s theme
Verbs

This week’s words
confute
propine
flocculate
absolve
objurgate

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PRONUNCIATION:

(ab-ZOLV, -solv)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To free from guilt, blame, responsibility, obligation, etc.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin absolvere (to set free), from solvere (to loosen). Ultimately from the Indo-European root leu- (to loosen, divide), which also gave us forlorn, lag, loss, solve, analysis, resolute, and catalyst. Earliest documented use: 1475.

USAGE:

“His Eminence might also be able to absolve us of the original sin of being Mets fans, which is purgatory on Earth.”
Denis Hamill; Oh, the Pain of Mets Fans; New York Daily News; Jul 5, 2015.

See more usage examples of absolve in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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