n.
A large toadfish of the Southern United States and the Gulf of Mexico (Batrachus tau, var. pardus). →
v. t.
To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment. →
n.
The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners. →
n.
A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp follower. →