ASSOIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does assoil mean? 

• ASSOIL (verb)
  The verb ASSOIL has 1 sense:

1. pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

  Familiarity information: ASSOIL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASSOIL (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

acquit; assoil; clear; discharge; exculpate; exonerate

Context example:

The suspect was cleared of the murder charges

Hypernyms (to "assoil" is one way to...):

judge; label; pronounce (pronounce judgment on)

"Assoil" entails doing...:

evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "assoil"):

vindicate (clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof)

whitewash (exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data)

purge (clear of a charge)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something

 Context examples 

“Well, the saints assoil him!” cried John.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)