assoil
verb (used with object)
to absolve; acquit; pardon.
assoilment
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a word derived from
assoil.
Example Sentences
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The Franks performed wonders; they tingled with the Archbishop's glorious assoilment: "In God's high name the host he blest, And for penance he gave them—to smite their best!"
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Edwin Asa Dix
