assoil Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
    exculpate; acquit; clear; discharge; exonerate.
    • The suspect was cleared of the murder charges

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As*soil" transitive verb
Etymology
OF. assoiler, absoiler, assoldre, F. absoudre, L. absolvere. See Absolve.
Definitions
  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.
As*soil" transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. ad- + soil.
Definitions
  1. To soil; to stain. Obs. or Poet. Beau. & Fl.
    Ne'er assoil my cobwebbed shield. Wordsworth.

Webster 1913