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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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.
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar
And then he kneeled down on his knee, and prayed the Bishop to shrive him and assoil him.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
This question is but a vanity; It longeth not to me Such questions to assoil.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Hazlitt, William Carew
"God assoil me!" cried Duncan, "what has happened?"
From The Thirsty Sword by Leighton, Robert
And then he kneeled down on his knees, and prayed the bishop to shrive him and assoil him.
From Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by Stone, J. M. (Jean Mary)
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