assoilment
(əˈsɔɪlmənt)
[f. assoil v. + -ment; perh. a. AF. *assoillement.]
1. The action or condition of absolution from sin, guilt, censure, or accusation.
| 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. viii. 51 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 Myst. Iniq. 12 Assoilment from guilt. c 1840 De Quincey Autobiog. Sk. Wks. II. 102 To win for me..a station of purification and assoilment. |
† 2. Discharge, acquittal (of a duty). Obs.
| 1649 Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. iii. xvii. 73 It is a sufficient assoilment of this part of his duty. |
† 3. Solution of a difficulty; reconciliation of conflicting statements. Obs.
| a 1679 T. Goodwin Wks. 1863 V. 460 The second part of this assoilment or reconciliation of Haggai and Paul. |
¶ Catachr. for: Soil, defilement.
| 1876 Farrar Marlb. Serm. xxv. 249 He will cleanse from your repentant souls this daily assoilment of unwilling sin. |