#acquittal
- To absolve — 1. To forgive, release, or free someone from a fault, punishment, or accusation; to declare innocent following a legal or ethical analysis. 2. To officially complete a cycle of education, a school, or specialization courses. In moral philosophy and ontology, the verb describes the sovereign act of restoring a subject's ethical purity and dignity, unshackling the conscience from a prior normative or penal burden.