assoilmentn.
/əˈsɔɪlmənt/ 1. The action or condition of absolution from sin, guilt, censure, or accusation.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [noun] > exculpation
skering1297
sunyinga1400
discharge1449
cleansingc1568
disaggravating1598
clearing1604
assoilment1611
washing1612
disblaminga1641
disculpation1649
acclearmenta1670
exculpationa1715
whitewashing1768
expurgation1828
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 501/1 They did absolue him; but..this assoilement was not so much the Epilogue of his olde, as the Prologue of his new Tragicall vexations.
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 12 Assoilment from guilt.
1854 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay II. 96 To win for me..a station of purification and assoilment.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [noun] > performance of duty
acquittal1430
discharge1434
administration1483
feasance1528
payment1581
assoilment1649
acquittance1660
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. 73 It is a sufficient assoilment of this part of his duty.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [noun]
soilingc1380
solutionc1420
invention1484
resolutiona1500
soluting1534
satisfactiona1569
assoil1589
assoiling1619
assoilmenta1680
solving1706
problem-solving1854
a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1704) V. iv. 103 The Second Part of this Assoilment or Reconciliation of Haggai and Paul.
4. Soil, defilement.
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1876 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth xxv. 249 He will cleanse from your repentant souls this daily assoilment of unwilling sin.
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