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Definition: Absolution |
AbsolutionNoun1. The act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "absolution" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Etymology: Absolution \Ab`so*lu"tion\, noun. [French expression absolution, from Latin expression absolutio, from absolvere to absolve. See Absolve.]. (references) |
Synonyms: AbsolutionSynonyms: remission (n), remission of sin (n), remittal (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Acquittal | Noun: acquittal, acquitment; clearance, exculpation; acquittance, clearance, exoneration; discharge; (release); quietus, absolution, compurgation, reprieve, respite; pardon; (forgiveness). |
Exemption | Noun: exemption, freedom, irresponsibility, immunity, liberty, license, release, exoneration, excuse, dispensation, absolution, franchise, renunciation, discharge; exculpation. Verb: be exempt; Adjective: |
Forgiveness | Noun: forgiveness, pardon, condonation, grace, remission, absolution, amnesty, oblivion; indulgence; reprieve. |
Let off, remit, absolve, give absolution, reprieve; acquit. | |
Liberation | Deliverance; redemption, extrication, acquittance, absolution; acquittal; escape;. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Absolution |
| English words defined with "absolution": Absolvatory, absolver, absolvitory, Assoilment ♦ confession, confessor ♦ exonerative ♦ forgiving ♦ penance. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "absolution": Agamarshana ♦ refusal. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Absolution" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (absolution, acquittal, shrift), German (absolution, acquittal), Swedish (absolution). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Afterward, the seven hundred people in the boats had nothing to do but wait: wait to die, wait to live, wait for an absolution which would never come (Titanic; writing credit: James Cameron) We didn't come for absolution, we didn't ask to be redeemed (The Way of the Gun; writing credit: Christopher McQuarrie) I'm not asking for absolution. I've something far worse than a sin on my conscience: a mistake (Becket; writing credit: Edward Anhalt; Jean Anouilh) | |
Lyrics | Manic demise, absolution mine (Manic Demise; performing artist: The Creation) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Absolution (2003) L' Absolution (1922) Absolution (2002) The Absolution of Anthony (1998) Absolution (1978) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Lord Alfred Tennyson | Forgive! How many will say, ''forgive,'' and find a sort of absolution in the sound to hate a little longer! |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | REFUSAL, n. Denial of something desired; as an elderly maiden's hand in marriage, to a rich and handsome suitor; a valuable franchise to a rich corporation, by an alderman; absolution to an impenitent king, by a priest, and so forth. Refusals are graded in a descending scale of finality thus: the refusal absolute, the refusal condition, the refusal tentative and the refusal feminine. The last is called by some casuists the refusal assentive. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Absolution" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.46% of the time. "Absolution" is used about 65 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.46% | 64 | 42,009 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.54% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 65 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "absolution": Absolution day ♦ grant absolution. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
absolution | 56 |
shawn phillips absolution | 15 |
absolution journey | 5 |
absolution toonami | 3 |
absolution next | 2 |
absolution plus | 2 |
absolution electronic | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "absolution"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | vergifnis (pardon). (various references) | |
Albanian | shkarkim (alighting, debarkation, debarkment, deposition, discharge, disembarkation, dismissal, dismission, dumping, exemption, exoneration, outlet, release, relief, unloading, walking papers), falje (amnesty, excuse, forgiveness, mercy, pardon, remission). (various references) | |
Arabic | حل من واجب, غفران (indulgence, pardon, remission), تبرئة (acquittal, clearing, exoneration, vindication, whitewash). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | опрощение на греховете, оправдателна присъда (acquittal), оправдание (acquittal, excuse, justification, plea, vindication, warrant). (various references) | |
Chinese | 赦免 (Absolve, Absolved, Absolving, Acquit, Acquitted, Acquitting, Amnestied, Amnestying, Clemency, Condone, Condoned, Condoning). (various references) | |
Czech | zproštìní závazkù, zproštìní viny (discharge), rozhřešení. (various references) | |
Danish | benådning (act of grace, amnesty, pardon). (various references) | |
Dutch | absolutie (acquittal). (various references) | |
Esperanto | absolvo, pardono (pardon). (various references) | |
Finnish | synninpäästö. (various references) | |
French | absolution. (various references) | |
Frisian | ferjouwing (pardon). (various references) | |
German | Freisprechung, Absolution (acquittal). (various references) | |
Greek | συγνώμη (apologies, apology, regret, sorry), άφεση αμαρτιών, άφεση αμαρτίων, άφεση (discharge, dispensation, remission, remittal, shrift), απόφεση, απόλυση (chop, deposition, discharge, dismissal, release), απαλλαγή (acquitance, acquittal, deliverance, dispensation, exemption, extrication, quietus, releasement, remission, riddance), αθώωση (acquittal, exculpation, exoneration). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מחיל" (forgiveness, indulgence, palliation, pardon), כפר" (atonement, expiation, forgiveness, indulgence, substitute). (various references) | |
Hungarian | feloldozás. (various references) | |
Icelandic | aflausn (acquittal), syndafyrirgefning (acquittal). (various references) | |
Indonesian | absolusi, keampunan (amnesty, forgiveness, pardon). (various references) | |
Italian | assoluzione (acquittal, discharge). (various references) | |
Malay | grasi (pardon). (various references) | |
Manx | seyrey (absolve, acquit, acquittal, affranchise, affranchisement, clear, clear from guilt, deliver, discharge, disembarrass, disencumber; exploit; clearing, disengage, dismiss, dismissal, disoblige, dispensation; exploitation, ease, emancipate, emancipation, enfranchise, exempt, exemption, exonerate, exoneration, free, justification, justify, liberate, liberation, purge, release, relieve, riddance, vindication, vindication act of), leih (absolve, excuse, forgive, forgiveness, forgiving, pardon, remission). (various references) | |
Papiamen | pordon (pardon), piedat (compassion, pardon, pity). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | absolutionay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | perdão (condonation, forgiveness, let-off, pardon, remission), absolvição (acquittal, aquittal, discharge, pardon). (various references) | |
Romanian | absolvire (acquittal, acquittance, excuse, exoneration, forgiveness, graduation, release), scutire (acquittal, discharge, disengagement, exemption, release, relief, remission, saving, sparing), iertare (acquittal, apology, condonation, excuse, forgiveness, forgiving, grace, mercy, pardon, remise, remission, remitment, sparing), eliberare (deliverance, discharge, disengagement, emancipation, enfranchisement, issue, liberation, redemption, release, remand, rescue, riddance, vacation). (various references) | |
Russian | освобождение;оправдание (absolutions), оправдание (acquittal, alibi, defences, defenses, exculpation, excuse, exoneration, explanation, justification, plea, reason), прощение (amnesty, condonation, forgiveness, let off, mercy, pardon, remission). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | oprost, oproštenje (condonation, pardon). (various references) | |
Spanish | absolución (acquittal, release, shrift). (various references) | |
Sranan | pardon (pardon). (various references) | |
Swedish | frikännande (acquittal, exoneration). (various references) | |
Turkish | af (act of grace, amnesty, dismissal, excusing, forgiveness, forgiving, mercy, oblivion, pardon, remission), suçun bağışlanması, günahların bağışlanması. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | виправдання (acquittal, acquittance, alibi, allowance, apology, defence, defense, exculpation, excuse, explanation, justification, palliation, warrant, warranty, whitewash), прощення (amnesty, condonation, forgiveness, mercy, pardon). (various references) | |
Welsh | maddeuant (forgiveness, pardon), gollyngdod (release). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "absolution": absolutions. (additional references) | |
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"Absolution" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abolution, abslution, absoluteno, absoution, asolectin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "absolution" (pronounced a'bsuluw"shun) |
| 7 | -s u l uw" sh u n | dissolution, solution. |
| 6 | -u l uw" sh u n | counterrevolution, devolution, evolution, pollution, resolution, revolution. |
| 5 | -l uw" sh u n | dilution. |
| 4 | -uw" sh u n | attribution, constitution, contribution, diminution, distribution, electrocution, elocution, execution, institution, lilliputian, persecution, prosecution, prostitution, redistribution, restitution, retribution, substitution. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dimension, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i-l-n-o-o-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: ablutions, abutilons, boltonias, lobations, oblations, sublation. | |
-2 letters: ablution, abutilon, bailouts, boltonia, botulins, butanols, lobation, oblation, solation, solution, taboulis. | |
-3 letters: albinos, bailout, bastion, blouson, bonitas, bonitos, botulin, boutons, butanol, latinos, lotions, niobous, oblasti, obtains, outlain, outsail, soliton, tabouli, tabulis, talions, unbolts. | |
-4 letters: ablins, albino, aloins, basion, batons, bionts, biotas, blains, bloats, blunts, bolson, bonita, bonito. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-l-n-o-o-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: absolutions, lobulations. | |
+2 letters: urbanologist. | |
+3 letters: obnubilations, suballocation, subpopulation, urbanologists. | |
+4 letters: confabulations, lactoglobulins, solubilization, somnambulation, suballocations, subpopulations. | |
+5 letters: solubilizations, somnambulations, subvocalization. | |
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