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assoil.

To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/əˈsɔɪl/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon.

    archaic · transitive
  2. To atone or expiate for (something).

    archaic · transitive
  3. Followed by from or of: to acquit (someone) from a criminal charge; to find (someone) not guilty; to clear.

    archaic · transitive
  4. Followed by from or of: to release or set free (someone) from a liability, an obligation, etc.; to discharge.

    archaic · obsolete · transitive
  5. To clear up or resolve (a difficulty, doubt, problem, etc.); to absolve, to solve.

    obsolete · transitive
  6. To refute (an argument, an objection, etc.).

    obsolete · transitive
  7. To discharge (a liability, an obligation, etc.).

    obsolete · rare · transitive
  8. To get rid of, put off, or remove (something).

    obsolete · rare · transitive
  9. To absolve or release (someone) from excommunication or some other religious offence.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English assoilen (“to absolve or release from blame or sin”), from Anglo-Norman as(s)oiler, as(s)oilier, and Old French as(s)oille [and other forms], the present subjunctive, and as(s)oil, the present indicative, of as(s)oldre, as(s)oudre (“to absolve from blame”) (modern French absoudre), from Latin absoluere, the present active infinitive of absoluō, a variant of absolvō (“to set free from”), from ab- (prefix meaning ‘away from’) + solvō (“to loosen, set free”) (from sē- (“prefix meaning ‘apart; aside; away’”) + luō (“to let go, set free”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut off, to free”). Doublet of absolve and assoilzie.

verb/əˈsɔɪl/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. To make (something) dirty or soiled; to soil; to stain; to sully.

    archaic · obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

Possibly from a- (intensifying prefix) or ad- (prefix meaning ‘to, toward’, or indicating an addition or tendency) + soil (“to make dirty”), perhaps influenced by assoil (etymology 1).

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