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Assoilzie
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- 1 Synonym of assoil.; To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon. Scotland, archaic, transitive
"There is more than mere strength, there seems as if the whole soul and spirit of the champion were given to every blow which he deals upon his enemies. God assoilzie him of the sin of bloodshed!—it is fearful, yet magnificent, to behold how the arm and heart of one man can triumph over hundreds."
- 2 Synonym of assoil.; Followed by from or of: to acquit (someone) from a criminal charge; to find (someone) not guilty; to clear. Scotland, transitive
"The verdict, when in writing, is authenticated by the subscriptions of the chancellor and clerk of the jury, and accompanied with a list of the names of the jurors, and a state of the vote of each individual, "whether condemning or assoilzieing;" Regulations 1672, No. 9."
Etymology
A Scottish variant of assoil, from Scottish Middle English assolyhe, assolȝe, retaining the -le- or -li- sounds of Anglo-Norman as(s)oilier and Old French as(s)oille which were dropped in modern English spoken in England.
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