assoil

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Anglo-Norman assoiler, from the tonic stem of Old French asoldre (modern absoudre), from Latin absolvere, present active infinitive of absolvō (“absolve”).

assoil (third-person singular simple present assoils, present participle assoiling, simple past and past participle assoiled)

(transitive, archaic) To absolve, acquit; to release from blame or sin.
(archaic) To set free, release.
- 1590, Edmund Spendser, The Faerie Queene, I.x:
  
  But first thou must a season fast and pray, / Till from her bands the spright assoiled is [...].