Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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absolution

UK /æb.səˈljuː.ʃn̩/ · US /ˌæb.səˈl(j)u.ʃn̩/ noun

Forms absolutions

  1. noun (ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
  2. noun The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
  3. noun The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
  4. noun An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. “Governments granting absolution to the nation.”
  5. noun (civil law, obsolete) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent.
  6. noun (obsolete) Delivery, in speech.

Synonyms

acquittance assoilment compurgation acquitment acquittal disculpation exculpation exoneration not guilty quittance vindication remission remittal remission of sin

Etymology

From Middle English absolucion, absolucioun, from Old French absolution, from Latin absolūtiōnem, accusative singular of absolūtiō (“acquittal”), from absolvō (“absolve”). See also absolve.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. "Government . . . granting absolution to the nation." Froude.
  2. noun An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent. [Obs.]

Etymology [F. absolution, L. absolutio, fr. absolvere to absolve. See Absolve.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “absolution”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “absolution” (best matches first).