absolution

[US]/æbsə'luːʃ(ə)n/
[UK]/ˌæbsə'luʃən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 宽恕;免罪;解除责任
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

receive absolution

领受赦免

ask for absolution

请求赦免

grant absolution

给予赦免

Real-world Examples

And once they're done, they expect absolution.

忏悔后,他们希望得到宽恕。

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 3

Prior to that, only bishops and special confessors had been able to give absolution.

在此之前,只有主教和特定的告解神父才能宽恕信徒。

Source: BBC Listening Collection November 2016

Alone she would go before God, and cry for His absolution.

她会独自走到上帝面前, 为他的赦免而哭泣。

Source: South and North (Middle)

You don't get absolution before the confession.

你坦白之前是没法被免罪的。

Source: The Scorpion Maid Season 2

Do you have any understanding what absolution is?

那您明白我所说的吗?

Source: Movie: Silence (2016) Original Sound Version

When I regained consciousness, I saw that the parish priest was already there to give me final absolution!

当我回过神来的时候, 看到神父已经在那里给我最后的赦免了!

Source: The virtues of human nature.

Are there secrets in your heart which seek absolution through a knowledge of mine?

是不是你心里有秘密, 想通过我的知识来寻求赦免?

Source: Lily of the Valley (Part 1)

It's futile, absolution is not available.

没有用的 罪孽无法宽恕。

Source: Homeland Season 5

" Your Eminence, I am a Christian man, and have never yet been refused absolution" .

“阁下,我是一名基督徒,从未被拒绝赦免”。

Source: The Gadfly (Original Version)

Think, I entreat you, how dreadful a thing it is to die without absolution, with all your sins upon your head.

想一想,我恳求你,没有赦免就死去,所有的罪孽都在你头上,这是多么可怕的事情。

Source: The Gadfly (Original Version)

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