ABSOLUTION, ABSOLVE, ABSOLVING
ADJECTIVES
1609 — ABSOLVITORY pert. to absolution; absolving → Sc.
NOUNS
..950 — LESNESS absolution, redemption, forgiveness of sins → obs.
1000 — SHRIFT absolution granted or confession heard by a priest → obs.
1586 — ABSOLVITURE absolution; the act of absolving → Sc. obs.
NOUNS, PERSON
1506 — ABSOLVANT a person who absolves → obs.
VERBS
..950 — UNBIND to absolve; to free from sin or its consequences → obs.
1000 — SHRIVE to give absolution at confession → arch.
1450 — ABSOIL — ABSOYLE to absolve → obs.