absolved

1. 1.

   freed from any question of guilt

   “is absolved from all blame”

   “was now clear of the charge of cowardice”

   “his official honor is vindicated”

   Synonymsclearclearedexculpatedexoneratedvindicated

   Similarinnocent

Other forms of absolved

comparative

absolvedder·

superlative

absolveddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about absolved

What does absolved mean?

absolved means "freed from any question of guilt".

How many syllables are in absolved?

absolved has 2 syllables: absol-ved. The stress falls on "ved". In IPA it is /əbˈzɑlvd/.

What is another word for absolved?

Close synonyms include clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is absolved a common word?

absolved is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with absolved?

3 words rhyme with absolved. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.