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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A tolerable scattering on the floor I hail as being too probably my own, and if the candlestick be not removed, I assoil myself.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary
The sins of this sad earth thou didst assoil, The anguish of its creatures thou didst heal; Freed are we from all terrors by thy toil: Hail, Purshuram, hail!
From Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems. by Arnold, Edwin, Sir
Mother, as I promised to assoil thy doubt, Here I give thee an hundred pieces of gold.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Hazlitt, William Carew
E’er I depart I would assoil my soul of all taint.
From In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls by De Land, Clyde Osmer
At least our own priests will assoil us for such sins.
From For the Faith by Everett-Green, Evelyn
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