absolve (v.)

• acquit
• amnesty
• cancel
• clear
• confess
• decontaminate
• discharge
• dismiss
• dispense
• except
• exculpate
• excuse
• exempt
• exonerate
• forgive
• free
• justify
• nullify
• obliterate
• pardon
• purge
• release
• relieve
• remise
• remit
• shrive
• spare
• vindicate
• whitewash