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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absolve

UK /əbˈzɒlv/ · US /æbˈzɑlv/ verb

Forms absolves absolving absolved

  1. verb (transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). “You will absolve a subject from his allegiance.”
  2. verb (transitive, obsolete) To resolve; to explain; to solve.
  3. verb (transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt.
  4. verb (transitive, law) To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for.
  5. verb (transitive, theology) To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to.
  6. verb (transitive, theology) To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin.
  7. verb (transitive, obsolete) To finish; to accomplish.
  8. verb (transitive) To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.

Synonyms

excuse exempt free release befree deliver discharge disentangle extricate let go let loose liberate loose set free turn loose unleash decipher elucidate work out clarify shrive justify

Antonyms

blame

Etymology

First attested in the early 15th century. From Middle English absolven, from Latin absolvere (“set free, acquit”), from ab (“away from”) + solvō (“loosen, free, release”). Doublet of assoil.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment.
  2. verb To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); --said of the sin or guilt.

Etymology [L. absolvere to set free, to absolve; ab + solvere to loose. See Assoil, Solve.]

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

Sanskrit

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