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Troubled soul? Obtain forgiveness (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

absolution

'forgiveness' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'troubled soul? obtain' is the wordplay.
'troubled' indicates anagramming the letters.
'soul'+'obtain'='soulobtain'
'soulobtain' with letters rearranged gives 'ABSOLUTION'.

(Other definitions for absolution that I've seen before include "acquittal" , "Forgiveness" , "Release from guilt" , "pardon" , "discharge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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