Etymology: 12th century, absolution, absolutionem, singular accusative of absolutio, absolvo. See absolve. A final verdict in which a man accused of a crime is acquitted. In civil law. A verdict in which an accused party is found innocent of having committed a crime that has been the subject of his indictment. In international law. A legal act in which the clergy declares that the sins of those who repent are forgiven. In French, the law. The rejection of an indictment. The term “acquittal” is used when the accused is found not guilty and “discharge”, when he is found guilty but the act is not punishable by law, or when it is exonerated by a lack of intent or will. Britannica.com: Article in the lexicon on absolution Absolution, Remission, Remittal, Remission of Sinnoun Absolution pronounced by a priest, whether Papist or Protestant, is not a specific infallible reason to give confidence in God to the person who is so acquitted. Robert South, Sermons. Discharge means freedom from any obligation, guilt or responsibility; speak without guilt or guilt; acquittal; to free oneself from a duty or promise.

For example, the release of an aggressor is equivalent to an acquittal and a remission of sentence. So when we say that a person was acquitted by majority, it means that that person was acquitted by the decision of the majority of the jury in place. Similarly, it means absolving a person of his loyalty, obligation or oath, by releasing him. Absolution (countable and innumerable, plural absolution) Absolution in civil law leads to the complete acquittal of a person by a final set of laws; also a temporary dismissal from his continued presence at a Mesne trial, due to a failure or insufficiency in pleadings; As is also the case in canon law, where in the divine, it also means a relaxation of the obligation of a judgment pronounced either in court or in foro pœnitentiali. Thus, in this type of right, there is a type of absolution called judicial and another called declaratory or extrajudicial discharge. John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici. Since the Latin absolutus means “liberated,” it is easy to see how absolution became “delivered from sin.” (And also easy to understand why absolutely basically means “pure,” that is, originally “sin-free.”) The verb for absolution is absolved. Just as a priest absolves the faithful of their sins, you can absolve your brother of the guilt of a domestic disaster, or you can yourself be acquitted in time for the scratch on the car that withdraws from a parking lot. Etymology: [F. absolution, L.

absolutio, fr. absolvere to absolve. See Graduation.] From the Old French absolution, from the Latin absolūtiō, absolūtiōnem (“acquittal”), from absolvō, absolvere (“to absolve, ab” ( “to, far from”) + solvō, solvere (“to liberate, dissolve, dissolve, disassemble”). Note: In the English and Protestant churches, this act was considered merely declaratory, not a mediation of forgiveness. Middle English absoluciun, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from the Latin absolÅ«tiÅn-, absolÅ«tiÅ “Completion, acquittal, liberation”, from absolÅ«- (tribe, before consonants, from absolvere “liberate, absolve, end”) + -tiÅn-, -tiÅ Suffix of substantial action – plus absolution of the act of absolving or capitulation; Formal redemption, pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance, is a traditional theological term for forgiveness experienced in the sacrament of penance. This concept can be found in the Roman Catholic Church as well as in the Eastern Orthodox Churches, Anglican Churches and most Lutheran Churches. the condition that a priest has officially awarded him the sacrament of penance. The acquittal or conviction of a judge who declares an accused innocent. An acquittal of ecclesiastical sentences, for example, excommunication. Old French, from the Latin absolūtiōnem, singular accusative of absolūtiō (“acquittal”), absolvō (“replacement”). An acquittal or release from guilt, sin or punishment; Forgiveness of a crime.

The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe that the sins of the true penitent are forgiven.