▪ I. absolving, vbl. n.
(æbˈsɒlvɪŋ, æbz-)
[f. absolve v. + -ing1.]
The process of setting free; acquitting. Also (obs.) solving; completing.
| 1757 Burke Abr. Eng. Hist. Wks. X. 125 It is changing the nature of his crime; it is absolving. |
▪ II. absolving, ppl. a.
(æbˈsɒlvɪŋ, æbz-)
[f. absolve v. + -ing2.]
That absolves or sets free; acquitting.
| 1696 Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) IV. 46 One of the absolving parsons has privately printed his vindication. 1862 Trench Miracles ix. 206 The absolving words are not to be regarded as optative merely,..but as declaratory. |