To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt.
To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for.
To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to.
To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin.
To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.
To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
to list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
to summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
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