The phrase "an attempt to absolve" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts to clear someone of blame or guilt.
Example: "His statement was seen as an attempt to absolve himself of responsibility for the incident."
Alternatives: "an effort to clear" or "a bid to exonerate".
Their own book feels like an attempt to absolve America of responsibility for a decision it took by, and for, itself.
For some, faulting the Iraqis is an attempt to absolve themselves (and the administration) of any blame for the current situation.
One difference between the two cases, though, will make it harder for defense lawyers to blame Mr. Bin Laden in an attempt to absolve their own clients.
Iraqi court officials and the American lawyers advising them have said Mr. Hussein's case would be most likely to succeed if his associates are tried before him and given the chance to build up a body of evidence against him in an attempt to absolve themselves.
"The critics are gonna hate this show". A line spoken by one of the main characters in expository voice-over that one could argue is an attempt to absolve the series of any shortcomings.
Neither is this an attempt to absolve Clinton of her flaws and faults.
Last year, a group of former British ambassadors joined a campaign calling for Blair to be removed from his role as Middle East envoy, raising objections to the possible clash with his business interests and a attempts to "absolve himself" of responsibility for the crisis in Iraq.
Before I write this gem of a post, let me attempt to absolve myself of all legal responsibility: I'm merely doing what I was told to do.
A group of former British ambassadors have joined a campaign calling for Tony Blair to be removed from his role as Middle East envoy after his recent attempt to "absolve himself" of responsibility for the crisis in Iraq.
By attempting to remove sympathy for the Jews by situating them as the new aggressors, both types of graffiti daubed on these posters attempt to absolve the perpetrators of the Holocaust and its collaborators.
As ever with Mourinho, the key was to work out the exact point he was trying to make and, in this case, it felt conspicuously like another attempt to absolve himself of blame for their predicament, while possibly getting a message to Pogba, the subject of many questions.
