essoin

American

[ih-soin] / ɪˈsɔɪn /

noun

(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.

Etymology

Origin of essoin

1300–50; Middle English essoine < Anglo-French, Old French essoigne, essoine, noun derivative of essoinier to put forward such an excuse, verbal derivative (with es- ex- ¹ ) of sogne, ultimately < Old Low Franconian *sunnja legal excuse, care (compare Old Saxon sunnea, Old Norse syn denial, Gothic sunja truth)

Example Sentences

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The abbot thereupon offered himself several times without any essoin.

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There is something ascetic and impracticable in his very constitution, and he answers to the description of the Monk in Spenser— From every work he challenged essoin For contemplation's sake.

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