absolution
absolution 英 [ˌæbsəˈlu:ʃn] 美 [ˌæbsəˈluʃən]
n. 赦免；免罪
名词复数:absolutions
- Absolution is a religious concept for purging someone of sin, granting them absolution. The word is used for other kinds of forgiveness too.
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- n. 赦免；免罪
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1. Using it for something to do with the Holocaust would really seem like an absolution to me, and that is something I neither wish nor care to grant.
利用这笔钱为大屠杀做点什么，对我来说真的很像是一种赦免，而且这是一件我既不希望也不在乎的事情。
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2. The priest hustled toward the accidental crash and got as close to the fiery wreckage as he could. He said a prayer and offered a blanket absolution.
格拉提神父匆忙赶到坠机地点，他尽可能靠近炙热的残骸，为遇难者祈祷，并赦免了他们的罪行。
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3. Could you not recognized it without granting her absolution?
您不接受就是不承认她的赎罪吧？
- absolution (n.) "remission, forgiveness," c. 1200, from Old French absolucion, earlier assolucion, from Latin absolutionem (nominative absolutio) "completion, acquittal," noun of action from past participle stem of absolvere "set free, loosen, acquit," from ab "off, away from" (see ab-) + solvere "to loosen, dissolve; untie, release; dismiss," from PIE *se-lu-, from reflexive pronoun *s(w)e- (see idiom) + root *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut apart." Originally of sins; in general use from c. 1400.
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