Absolve vs. Resolve

Absolve (verb)

To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). First attested around 1350 to 1470.page=9

“You will absolve a subject from his allegiance.”

Absolve (verb)

To resolve; to explain; to solve. Attested from the late 15^th century until the mid 17^th century.

Absolve (verb)

To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. First attested in the mid 16^th century.

Absolve (verb)

To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for. First attested in the mid 16^th century.

Absolve (verb)

To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to. First attested in the mid 16^th century.

Absolve (verb)

To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin. First attested in the late 16^th century.

Absolve (verb)

To finish; to accomplish. Attested from the late 16^th century until the early 19^th century.

Absolve (verb)

To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.

Resolve (verb)

To find a solution to (a problem).

Resolve (verb)

To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.

“to resolve a riddle”

Resolve (verb)

To solve again.

“I’ll have to resolve the equation with the new values.”

Resolve (verb)

To make a firm decision to do something.

“I resolve to finish this work before I go home.”

Resolve (verb)

To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.

“He was resolved by an unexpected event.”

Resolve (verb)

To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.

“After two weeks of bickering, they finally resolved their differences.”

Resolve (verb)

To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.

Resolve (verb)

To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.

Resolve (verb)

To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.

Resolve (verb)

To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.

Resolve (verb)

To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.

Resolve (verb)

To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).

Resolve (verb)

To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.

Resolve (verb)

To liquefy (a gas or vapour).

Resolve (verb)

To disperse or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumour.

Resolve (verb)

To relax; to lay at ease.

Resolve (verb)

To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.

Resolve (noun)

Determination, will power.

“It took all my resolve to go through with the surgery.”