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–verb (used with object) Archaic.
1.to absolve; acquit; pardon.
2.to atone for.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME asoilen < AF asoiler, OF asoilier, var. of asoldre < L absolvere to absolve]

as·soil·ment, noun
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tr.v.   as·soiled, as·soil·ing, as·soils Archaic
  1. To absolve; pardon.
  2. To atone for.


[Middle English assoilen, from Old French assoldre, assoil-, from Latin absolvere, to set free : ab-, away; see ab-1 + solvere, to loosen; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]

as·soil'ment n.
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assoil

verb
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges" [syn: acquit] [ant: convict

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Assoil

Ab*solve"\ (#; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Absolved; p. pr. & vb. n. Absolving.] [L. absolvere to set free, to absolve; ab + solvere to loose. See Assoil, Solve.]

1. To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment.

Halifax was absolved by a majority of fourteen. --Macaulay.

2. To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.

In his name I absolve your perjury. --Gibbon.

3. To finish; to accomplish. [Obs.]

The work begun, how soon absolved. --Milton.

4. To resolve or explain. [Obs.] "We shall not absolve the doubt." --Sir T. Browne.

Syn: To Absolve, Exonerate, Acquit.

Usage: We speak of a man as absolved from something that binds his conscience, or involves the charge of wrongdoing; as, to absolve from allegiance or from the obligation of an oath, or a promise. We speak of a person as exonerated, when he is released from some burden which had rested upon him; as, to exonerate from suspicion, to exonerate from blame or odium. It implies a purely moral acquittal. We speak of a person as acquitted, when a decision has been made in his favor with reference to a specific charge, either by a jury or by disinterested persons; as, he was acquitted of all participation in the crime.
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Assoil

As*soil"\, v. t. [OF. assoiler, absoiler, assoldre, F. absoudre, L. absolvere. See Absolve.]

1. To set free; to release. [Archaic]

Till from her hands the spright assoiled is. --Spenser.

2. To solve; to clear up. [Obs.]

Any child might soon be able to assoil this riddle. --Bp. Jewel.

3. To set free from guilt; to absolve. [Archaic]

Acquitted and assoiled from the guilt. --Dr. H. More.

Many persons think themselves fairly assoiled, because they are . . . not of scandalous lives. --Jer. Taylor.

4. To expiate; to atone for. [Archaic] --Spenser.

Let each act assoil a fault. --E. Arnold.

5. To remove; to put off. [Obs.]

She soundly slept, and careful thoughts did quite assoil. --Spenser.
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