English-Dutch translations for absolution

• absolutie
  Wij kunnen Turkije geen absolutie geven enkel en alleen omdat het een strategische partner is bij bijvoorbeeld de energievraagstukken. We cannot give it absolution purely and simply because it is a strategic partner, for example on energy issues.
  De clausule mag geen dode letter blijven en de overeenkomst mag geen generale absolutie voor de regering zijn. The clause must not remain an insignificant piece of rhetoric and the agreement must not be a general absolution for the government.
• dispensatie
• genade
• vergiffenis
• vrijspraak

Definition of absolution

• An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
• The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
• An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
• An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent.

Examples

• Government ... granting absolution to the nation.

Related words

• absolutism
• absolutist
• absolutistic
• absolutize
• absolutise
• absolutive
• absolutization
• absolutive case
• enlightened absolutism