(especially in the Christian Church )尤指基督教中的 a formal statement that a person is forgiven for what he or she has done wrong 赦罪;赦免;解罪 to seek absolution for your sins 为你的罪行寻求赦免 He was granted absolution by the priest. 他被神父赦免了。 Some people might go to church and seek absolution. 有些人可能去教堂寻求赦免。
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin absolutio(n-), from the verb absolvere ‘set free, acquit’, from ab- ‘from’ + solvere ‘loosen’.