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absolve

/əbˈzɒlv/
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.

Synonymsacquit, exculpate, exonerate, pardon, remit, vindicate

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