assoil

Meanings

Verb

pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon.
To atone or expiate for (something).
Followed by from or of: to acquit (someone) from a criminal charge; to find (someone) not guilty; to clear.
Followed by from or of: to release or set free (someone) from a liability, an obligation, etc.; to discharge.
To clear up or resolve (a difficulty, doubt, problem, etc.); to absolve, to solve.
To refute (an argument, an objection, etc.).
To discharge (a liability, an obligation, etc.).
To get rid of, put off, or remove (something).
To absolve or release (someone) from excommunication or some other religious offence.
To make (something) dirty or soiled; to soil; to stain; to sully.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

acquit, assoilze, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate, soil, soyle

Antonyms

convict

Scrabble Score: 6

assoil is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
assoil is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
assoil is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

assoil is a valid Words With Friends word