assoil
/əˈsɔɪl/
"assoil" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“assoil” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon.
Corpus desk
Index EN-assoil · assoil · English
assoil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | assoil |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈsɔɪl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “assoil” in English
Rare enough to double-check
assoil is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /əˈsɔɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for assoil in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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 a… The correct English form is assoil, spelled A-S-S-O-I-L.
Definition
- 1To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon.
- 2To atone or expiate for (something).
- 3Followed by from or of: to acquit (someone) from a criminal charge; to find (someone) not guilty; to clear.
- 4Followed by from or of: to release or set free (someone) from a liability, an obligation, etc.; to discharge.
- 5To clear up or resolve (a difficulty, doubt, problem, etc.); to absolve, to solve.
- 6To refute (an argument, an objection, etc.).
- 7To discharge (a liability, an obligation, etc.).
- 8To get rid of, put off, or remove (something).
- 9To absolve or release (someone) from excommunication or some other religious offence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how assoil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But ſecretly aſſoyling of his ſin, / No other med'cine vvill he to him lay, / Saying that Heauen his ſiluer him ſhould vvin, / And to giue Friers, vvas better then to pray, / So he vvere ſhrieu'd, vvhat need he care a pin?
Pray deuoutly for the ſoule whom God aſſoile of one of the moſt worſhipfull Knights in his daies of manhood and cunning, Richard Beauchampe late Earle of Warwicke, […] [Inscription on the deceased's tomb.]
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.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.