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assoilment|əˈsɔɪlmənt|
[f. assoil v. + -ment; perh. a. AF. *assoillement.]
1. The action or condition of absolution from sin, guilt, censure, or accusation.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. viii. 51 They did absolue him; but..this assoilement was not so much the Epilogue of his olde, as the Prologue of his new Tragicall vexations. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 12 Assoilment from guilt. c1840De Quincey Autobiog. Sk. Wks. II. 102 To win for me..a station of purification and assoilment.
†2. Discharge, acquittal (of a duty). Obs.
1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. iii. xvii. 73 It is a sufficient assoilment of this part of his duty.
†3. Solution of a difficulty; reconciliation of conflicting statements. Obs.
a1679T. Goodwin Wks. 1863 V. 460 The second part of this assoilment or reconciliation of Haggai and Paul.
¶ Catachr. for: Soil, defilement.
1876Farrar Marlb. Serm. xxv. 249 He will cleanse from your repentant souls this daily assoilment of unwilling sin. |