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as⋅soil

  [uh-soil]
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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

Related forms:
as⋅soil⋅ment, noun
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as·soil   (ə-soil')   
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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