According to Hobbes, "The mutual transferring of right is that which men call absolution. There is a difference between transferring of the right to the thing, and transferring of the thing itself. The thing may be delivered together with the translation of the right, as in buying and selling with money, or exchange of goods or lands, and it may be delivered some time after."

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Hobbes discusses the mutual transferring of right as "contract" or "covenant," not "absolution." Absolution refers to the act of forgiving someone for their sins in a religious context, which is different from the concept of transferring rights or contracts that Hobbes discusses in his political philosophy.

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