# assoil

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈsɔɪl/

## Definitions
1. To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon.
2. To atone or expiate for (something).
3. Followed by from or of: to acquit (someone) from a criminal charge; to find (someone) not guilty; to clear.
4. Followed by from or of: to release or set free (someone) from a liability, an obligation, etc.; to discharge.
5. To clear up or resolve (a difficulty, doubt, problem, etc.); to absolve, to solve.
6. To refute (an argument, an objection, etc.).
7. To discharge (a liability, an obligation, etc.).
8. To get rid of, put off, or remove (something).
9. To absolve or release (someone) from excommunication or some other religious offence.

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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