Absolved vs Responsible - What's the difference?
absolved | responsible |
(absolve)
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To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
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(obsolete) To resolve; to explain; to solve.
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To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt.
(legal) To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for.
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(theology) To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to.
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(theology) To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin.
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(obsolete) To finish; to accomplish.
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To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.
Answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.
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, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter
, title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered
, volume=100, issue=2, page=87
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Capable of responding to any reasonable claim; able to answer reasonably for one's conduct and obligations; capable of rational conduct.
Involving responsibility; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.
Being a primary cause or agent of some event or action; capable of being credited for something, or of being held liable for something.
Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy.
As a verb absolved
is past tense of absolve.As an adjective responsible is
answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.absolved
English
Verb
(head)absolve
English
Verb
(absolv)- You will absolve a subject from his allegiance.
- and the work begun, how soon absolv’d ,
Usage notes
* Normally followed by the word from . * Normally followed by the word from .Synonyms
* (set free) excuse, exempt, free, release * (pronounce free or give absolution) acquit, exculpate, exonerate, pardon, remit, vindicate * remitDerived terms
* absolverReferences
responsible
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}
- Parents are responsible for their child's behaviour.
- She has a responsible position in the firm.
- Who is responsible for this mess?
- He looks like a responsible guy.