v (transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). (defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.)(reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =Brown, Lesley | others = | title = The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =Oxford University Press | location =Oxford, UK | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =9| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =)
v (transitive|obsolete) To resolve; to explain; to solve. (defdate|Attested from the late 15th century until the mid 17th century.)
v (transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. (defdate|First attested in the mid 16th century.)
v (transitive|legal) To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for. (defdate|First attested in the mid 16th century.)
v (transitive|theology) To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to. (defdate|First attested in the mid 16th century.)
v (transitive|theology) To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin. (defdate|First attested in the late 16th century.)
v (transitive|obsolete) To finish; to accomplish. (defdate|Attested from the late 16th century until the early 19th century.)