Choose the meaning of the bold word.

If there be one among you that is willing / to have my absolution for a shilling. (The Canterbury Tales, "The Pardoner's Tale")

A. prayer garment

B. confessions

C. prediction

D. remission of sin

In my opinion, the correct answer is D. remission of sin. Absolution means release from the burden of a committed sin. Priests (such as the Pardoner, if he is a priest after all) were entitled to absolve people from their sins, once they confessed. In these lines, however, the Pardoner offers absolution for a shilling - therefore, he sells it to people.