absolution | | |
n. (state) | 1. absolution | the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance. |
| ~ condition, status | a state at a particular time.; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" |
n. (act) | 2. absolution, remission, remission of sin, remittal | the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance. |
| ~ redemption, salvation | (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil. |
| ~ indulgence | the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution.; "in the Middle Ages the unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners became a widespread abuse" |
| ~ penance | a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution. |
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