absolution
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- : act of absolving; a freeing from blame or guilt; release from consequences, obligations, or penalties.
- : state of being absolved.
- : Roman Catholic Theology. a remission of sin or of the punishment for sin, made by a priest in the sacrament of penance on the ground of authority received from Christ.the formula declaring such remission.
- : Protestant Theology. a declaration or assurance of divine forgiveness to penitent believers, made after confession of sins.
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Like many of Schrader’s antiheroes, from Taxi Driver’s Travis Bickle to the eco-conscious Pastor Ernst Toller of First Reformed, William is a haunted diarist in search of absolution.
The full 108 takes most pilgrims about four full days, a relatively small fee for absolute absolution.
Then he threw in one that seemed to me an odd item for which to seek absolution: technological innovation.
Revising the second novel, Fallen Land, after the reviews were out for Absolution made it a much less overwhelming process.
What drew you to South Africa as the setting for Absolution?
My agent suggested I try to have a completed draft of a second novel before Absolution was published.
When I was writing Absolution, I knew almost no other writers of fiction, and felt a distinct lack of community.
“Well, mistakes is humant,” sighed Sol, taking advantage of that universal absolution.
In the course of time, absolution for the sacrilege was obtained from the Pope; but my father could never obtain it from himself.
The friars had power of absolution, independently of the bishop; and it was a bitter grievance.
During the night he was visited by the Prior of the Dominicans, from whom, having made confession, he received absolution.