absolve (one) from

To declare that someone is free from blame or responsibility for something. The evidence that the defense attorney presented in court convinced the jury to absolve his client from the crime. I know you're sorry. I absolve you from your guilt, son.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hades	HAY-deez (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Filipe	fee-LEEP, fee-LEE-pə	Portuguese
Milla	MEEL-lah (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Bogdan	BAWG-dahn (Polish), BOG-dahn (Serbian, Croatian), bog-DAHN (Romanian)	Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Medieval Slavic
Mervyn	MUR-vin (English)	Welsh, English
AbigÉL	AW-bee-gayl	Hungarian