assoil
Americanverb (used with object)
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to absolve; acquit; pardon.
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to atone for.
verb
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to absolve; set free
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to atone for
Other Word Forms
- assoilment noun
Etymology
Origin of assoil
1250–1300; Middle English asoilen < Anglo-French asoiler, Old French asoilier, variant of asoldre < Latin absolvere to absolve
Example Sentences
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Say to toil: Nor to seek to leave the tending of thy vines, For all the heat of the day, till it declines, And death's mild curfew shall from work assoil.
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Against my lusts I ever war, in vain, I think on my ill deeds with shame and pain; I trust Thou wilt assoil me of my sins, But even so, my shame must still remain.
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He met death like a brave knight, assoiled by the rites of Holy Church, and was laid in his grave with great honour.
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“Then, daughter, assoil thy soul of its taint by full confession.”
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It is five years ago, and my father—whom may the Saints assoil—was alive.
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