assoilment
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as·soil
(ə-soil′)tr.v. as·soiled, as·soil·ing, as·soils Archaic
1. To absolve; pardon.
2. To atone for.
[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.]
as·soil′ment n.
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assoilment
(əˈsɔɪlmənt)n
the state or act of forgiveness or deliverance from transgression or denunciationcontamination or degradation caused by transgression or evil-doing
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