absolution

Derived from a Latin word meaning “to loose” and is related to dissolve. Broadly this word is equivalent to forgiveness of sins, but used specifically it it means the priest’s announcement in the Catholic sacramentComes from the Latin term sacramentum, which is a translation of the Greek term mysterion meaning “mystery,” and originally was used to refer to a... more of Penance that the penitent’s sins are forgiven when the priest pronounces the words, “I absolve you of your sins in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.”