| absolve | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. absolve, shrive | grant remission of a sin to.; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's" |
| ~ forgive | stop blaming or grant forgiveness.; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday" |
| v. (communication) | 2. absolve, free, justify | let off the hook.; "I absolve you from this responsibility" |
| ~ let off, excuse, exempt, relieve | grant exemption or release to.; "Please excuse me from this class" |
| ~ wash one's hands | to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame.; "I wash my hands of this" |
| ~ forgive | stop blaming or grant forgiveness.; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday" |
| apologize | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. apologise, apologize | acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing.; "I apologized for being late"; "He apologized for the many typoes" |
| ~ acknowledge, admit | declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of.; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" |
| v. (communication) | 2. apologise, apologize, excuse, justify, rationalise, rationalize | defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning.; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" |
| ~ colour, gloss, color | give a deceptive explanation or excuse for.; "color a lie" |
| ~ plead | offer as an excuse or plea.; "She was pleading insanity" |
| ~ defend, fend for, support | argue or speak in defense of.; "She supported the motion to strike" |
| ~ extenuate, mitigate, palliate | lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of.; "The circumstances extenuate the crime" |
| forgive | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. forgive | stop blaming or grant forgiveness.; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday" |
| ~ concede, grant, yield | be willing to concede.; "I grant you this much" |
| ~ condone, excuse | excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with.; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities" |
| ~ absolve, justify, free | let off the hook.; "I absolve you from this responsibility" |
| ~ absolve, shrive | grant remission of a sin to.; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's" |
| ~ remit | forgive.; "God will remit their sins" |
| ~ pardon | grant a pardon to.; "Ford pardoned Nixon"; "The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President" |
| ~ excuse, pardon | accept an excuse for.; "Please excuse my dirty hands" |
| v. (social) | 2. forgive | absolve from payment.; "I forgive you your debt" |
| ~ exempt, relieve, free | grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to.; "She exempted me from the exam" |
| pardon | | |
| n. (act) | 1. forgiveness, pardon | the act of excusing a mistake or offense. |
| ~ benignity, kindness | a kind act. |
| ~ condonation | a pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurred. |
| ~ exculpation | the act of freeing from guilt or blame. |
| n. (communication) | 2. amnesty, pardon | a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense. |
| ~ warrant | a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (act) | 3. amnesty, free pardon, pardon | the formal act of liberating someone. |
| ~ mercy, clemency, mercifulness | leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice.; "he threw himself on the mercy of the court" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| v. (communication) | 4. excuse, pardon | accept an excuse for.; "Please excuse my dirty hands" |
| ~ forgive | stop blaming or grant forgiveness.; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday" |
| v. (communication) | 5. pardon | grant a pardon to.; "Ford pardoned Nixon"; "The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ forgive | stop blaming or grant forgiveness.; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday" |
| ~ amnesty | grant a pardon to (a group of people). |
| pass by | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. go by, go past, pass, pass by, surpass, travel by | move past.; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ skirt | pass around or about; move along the border.; "The boat skirted the coast" |
| ~ run by | pass by while running.; "We watched children were running by" |
| ~ fly by | pass by while flying.; "An enemy plane flew by" |
| ~ whisk by, zip by, fly by | move by very quickly. |
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