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Absolving

To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).

📖 Definitions of "Absolving"

verb

1
To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
"You will absolve a subject from his allegiance."
2
To resolve; to explain; to solve.
3
To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt.
4
To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
justifyverb	(transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
freeverb	(transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
exemptingverb	(transitive) To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.
extricatingverb	(transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.
freeingnoun	The act of making something free; liberation.
liberalisingverb	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of liberalize. [(transitive) to make liberal, free.]
riddingnoun	(northern England) an area of land which has been cleared of trees, an assart
absolutionsnoun	The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
absolutionnoun	The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
exoneratingverb	(transitive) To free (someone) from accusation or blame.
exonerationnoun	(uncountable) The state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.
forgivenessnoun	The action of forgiving.
exculpationnoun	The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime.
forgivingnoun	An act of forgiveness.
exculpatingverb	To clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.
excusingverb	The act of making an excuse.
exculpatedverb	freed from any question of guilt
acquittingverb	(transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.
exonerateverb	(transitive) To free (someone) from accusation or blame.
exoneratedverb	Freed from any question of guilt, acquitted.