宗教上的赦罪
這一支把繩子換成「罪」。神父代表教會，正式宣告一個人的罪被解開了。跟上面一樣是別人宣布、而且必須說出口，差別只在說話的人有宗教身分，而且有專門的名詞 absolution。
verb · C1
When a priest or the Christian church absolves someone, they formally forgive that person for the wrong things they have done.
赦免（罪）
核心畫面
Think of absolve as untying a rope. Something is tied onto a person: blame for an accident, a promise they swore, a wrong they did. Someone who has the standing to do it comes and the knot, and says out loud that the person is free of it. Two things stay constant across every use. The untying is done by somebody else, never by yourself, and it is declared, not merely felt.
absolve 可以想成「替人解開繩子」。一個人身上綁著東西：可能是別人怪他的責任，可能是他發過的誓，也可能是他做錯…更多收起
absolve 可以想成「替人解開繩子」。一個人身上綁著東西：可能是別人怪他的責任，可能是他發過的誓，也可能是他做錯的事。有資格的人走過來，把結解開，然後當眾說出口。每個用法都有兩個共同點。第一，解繩子的人不是自己，是別人。第二，這件事要說出來、要正式，不是心裡默默想想就算。From the word’s history
Latin absolvere is ab- 'away from' plus solvere 'to loosen, to free'. Every modern use still keeps that picture of something being loosened off a person.
拉丁文 absolvere＝ab-（離開）＋solvere（鬆開、釋放）。今天的幾個用法裡，都還看得到「從一個人身上鬆開」這個動作。
packet evidence: Wiktionary etymology for 'absolve' (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:16569587:51709)
From the picture
Also in this word
verb · C1
To state officially or publicly that someone is not guilty of something, or that they are not to blame for it.
宣告無罪；免除責任
verb · C2
To free someone officially from a promise, a duty, or a debt, so that they no longer have to keep it or pay it.
解除（義務、債務）