'V n from n' - Construction 26
| Name: | the absolve someone from a crime construction |
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| Description: | A person establishes that a person is not guilty of a bad action they have done. |
| Verbs: | absolve, exonerate |
| Example: | They should exonerate these men from this horrific crime. (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative 'from'; counter |
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