assoil

as·soil

A0477600 (ə-soil′)tr.v. as·soiled, as·soil·ing, as·soils Archaic 1. To absolve; pardon.2. To atone for.

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[Middle English assoilen, from Old French assoldre, assoil-, from Latin absolvere, to set free : ab-, away; see ab-¹ + solvere, to loosen; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]

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as·soil′ment n.

assoil

(əˈsɔɪl) vb (tr) 1. to absolve; set free2. to atone for[C13: from Old French assoldre, from Latin absolvere to absolve]

as•soil

(əˈsɔɪl)

v.t. Archaic. 1. to absolve; acquit; pardon. 2. to atone for. [1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French asoiler; compare Old French asoil-, tonic s. of asoldre < Latin absolvere to absolve] as•soil′ment, n.

assoil

- To pardon or atone for a sin.See also related terms for sin.

assoil

Past participle: assoiled
Gerund: assoiling

Imperative
assoil
assoil

Present
I assoil
you assoil
he/she/it assoils
we assoil
you assoil
they assoil

Preterite
I assoiled
you assoiled
he/she/it assoiled
we assoiled
you assoiled
they assoiled

Present Continuous
I am assoiling
you are assoiling
he/she/it is assoiling
we are assoiling
you are assoiling
they are assoiling

Present Perfect
I have assoiled
you have assoiled
he/she/it has assoiled
we have assoiled
you have assoiled
they have assoiled

Past Continuous
I was assoiling
you were assoiling
he/she/it was assoiling
we were assoiling
you were assoiling
they were assoiling

Past Perfect
I had assoiled
you had assoiled
he/she/it had assoiled
we had assoiled
you had assoiled
they had assoiled

Future
I will assoil
you will assoil
he/she/it will assoil
we will assoil
you will assoil
they will assoil

Future Perfect
I will have assoiled
you will have assoiled
he/she/it will have assoiled
we will have assoiled
you will have assoiled
they will have assoiled

Future Continuous
I will be assoiling
you will be assoiling
he/she/it will be assoiling
we will be assoiling
you will be assoiling
they will be assoiling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been assoiling
you have been assoiling
he/she/it has been assoiling
we have been assoiling
you have been assoiling
they have been assoiling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been assoiling
you will have been assoiling
he/she/it will have been assoiling
we will have been assoiling
you will have been assoiling
they will have been assoiling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been assoiling
you had been assoiling
he/she/it had been assoiling
we had been assoiling
you had been assoiling
they had been assoiling

Conditional
I would assoil
you would assoil
he/she/it would assoil
we would assoil
you would assoil
they would assoil

Past Conditional
I would have assoiled
you would have assoiled
he/she/it would have assoiled
we would have assoiled
you would have assoiled
they would have assoiled

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

assoil - pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"acquit, exculpate, exonerate, discharge, clearvindicate - clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof; "You must vindicate yourself and fight this libel"whitewash - exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of datapurge - clear of a chargepronounce, label, judge - pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"