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† assoiling, vbl. n. Obs.|əˈsɔɪlɪŋ| [f. assoil v. + -ing1.] 1. The action of absolving, absolution.
c1380Wyclif De Eccl. iii. Sel. Wks. 1871 III. 345 Many heresies, as of assoilingis and indulgencis, and cursingis, wiþ feyned pardons. 1387Trevisa Higden Rolls Ser. V. 415 Monkes myȝte use þe offys of assoillynge [L. absolvendi]. 1642Jer. Taylor Episc. (1647) 317 The publike assoyling of penitents. 2. The resolving of a difficulty, solution.
1619Favour Antiquitie 72 For the triall of all controversies, and assoyling all doubts. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 209 For the assoilling of which Difficulty (seeming so formidable at first sight). 3. The refutation or answering of an objection.
1382Wyclif Wisd. viii. 8 The soilingis [v.r. asoilyngis] of argumentis. c1449Pecock Repr. ii. xi. 208 For answere and assoiling to the firste argument. a1679T. Goodwin Wks. (1863) VII. 406 Assoiling or answer to one of the greatest difficulties or objections. |