Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of assoiling; absolution.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A soiling; defilement.
  • noun Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal.

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  • noun Act of soiling; defilement.

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Examples

  • Time enough had not passed since my elopement from school to win for me, in minds so fresh from that remembrance, a station of purification and assoilment.

    Memorials and Other Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822

  • Time enough had not passed since my elopement from school to win for me, in minds so fresh from that remembrance, a station of purification and assoilment.

    Memorials and Other Papers — Complete Thomas De Quincey 1822

  • n. - unremitting care; unflagging or obsequious attention. assiduous, v. - pardon; absolve; acquit; release. assoilment, assumpsit

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

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