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assoil

1 antonym for assoil — opposites grouped by meaning.

Verb — (archaic) To forgive someone and clear them of guilt or wrongdoing.

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From Middle English assoilen (“to absolve or release from blame or sin”), from Anglo-Norman as(s)oiler, as(s)oilier, and Old French as(s)oille [and other forms], the present subjunctive, and as(s)oil, the present indicative, of as(s)oldre, as(s)oudre (“to absolve from blame”) (modern French absoudre), from Latin absolu...

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