ASSOIL Definition & Meaning

assoil

[ uh-soil ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

to absolve; acquit; pardon.
to atone for.

assoil

/ əˈ��ɔɪ�� /

verb

to absolve; set free
to atone for

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of assoil¹

1250–1300; Middle English asoilen < Anglo-French asoiler, Old French asoilier, variant of asoldre < Latin absolvere to absolve

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of assoil¹

C13: from Old French assoldre, from Latin absolvere to absolve

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My father died, lay down with fever, and at first I was glad, may God assoil me.

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Say to toil: Nor to seek to leave the tending of thy vines, For all the heat of the day, till it declines, And death's mild curfew shall from work assoil.

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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.

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May the Lord God assoil him never for his treasonable deed.

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“Then, daughter, assoil thy soul of its taint by full confession.”

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