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assoil (v.)
1.pronounce not guilty of criminal charges"The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
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Merriam Webster
AssoilAs*soil" (�), v. t. [OF. assoiler, absoiler, assoldre, F. absoudre, L. absolvere. See Absolve.]
1. To set free; to release. [Archaic]
Till from her hands the spright assoiled is. Spenser.
2. To solve; to clear up. [Obs.]
Any child might soon be able to assoil this riddle. Bp. Jewel.
3. To set free from guilt; to absolve. [Archaic]
Acquitted and assoiled from the guilt. Dr. H. More.
Many persons think themselves fairly assoiled, because they are . . . not of scandalous lives. Jer. Taylor.
4. To expiate; to atone for. [Archaic] Spenser.
Let each act assoil a fault. E. Arnold.
5. To remove; to put off. [Obs.]
She soundly slept, and careful thoughts did quite assoil. Spenser.
AssoilAs*soil", v. t. [Pref. ad- + soil.] To soil; to stain. [Obs. or Poet.] Beau. & Fl.
Ne'er assoil my cobwebbed shield. Wordsworth.
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Ver também
assoil (v.)
↘ acquittal, clearing, exculpation ↗ clean-handed, guiltless, innocent ≠ convict, find guilty, pronounce guilty
assoil (v.)
déclarer non coupable (fr)[Classe]
(judicatory; judicature; magistracy; magistrature)[termes liés]
judge, label, pronounce[Hyper.]
clean-handed, guiltless, innocent[Rendre+Attrib.]
acquittal - exculpation - exoneration, justification, vindication - clearing - clear - exoneration - exculpatory - absolvitory, exonerative, forgiving[Dérivé]
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