absolutions
Releases from guilt
Absolutions are formal releases from guilt, sin, or punishment.
In religious contexts, a priest grants absolution after confession: The penitents received their absolutions and left the confessional.
More broadly, any official pardon or clearing of blame: The committee's findings offered absolutions to those falsely accused.
Admission of wrongdoing
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
sin · repentance · contrition · reconciliation · atonement · penitent · confessor · rite
Official clearing of blame
- acquittalFormal clearing of charges
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
vindication · discharge · release · clearance · reprieve · immunity · expungement · liberation
To let go
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- healingRestoration of health
- closureSense of emotional resolution
letting go · forgiveness · self-forgiveness · cleansing · purging · therapy · acceptance · moving on
confession
Admission of wrongdoing
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- priestOne who performs sacraments
sacrament · sin · repentance · contrition · reconciliation · atonement · penitent · confessor · rite · liturgy
exoneration
Official clearing of blame
- acquittalFormal clearing of charges
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
amnesty · vindication · discharge · release · clearance · reprieve · immunity · expungement · liberation · deliverance
release
To let go
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- healingRestoration of health
closure · letting go · forgiveness · self-forgiveness · cleansing · purging · therapy · acceptance · moving on · peace
- liturgical textsmissal, breviary, lectionary, psalter, prayer book
- liturgyDivine Office, missal, lectionary, rite, Tridentine Mass
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
- Church decreesencyclicals, bulls, promulgations, canons, briefs
absolutionscondemnations
Formal expressions of strong disapproval
convictions · guilty verdicts · indictments · denunciations · accusations
absolutionsdamnation
Eternal punishment decree
guilt · sin · condemnation · perdition · defilement
absolutionspunishments
Sanctions for misconduct
penalties · sentences · retributions · sanctions · reprisals