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essoin

[ ih-soin ]

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of essoin1

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)
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Example Sentences

The abbot thereupon offered himself several times without any essoin.

Adam himself is excused from the plea by the essoin that he has cast.

Adam himself is excused from the plea by the essoin that he has cast.

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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