The act or process of absolving or pardoning someone; absolution or acquittal.
From 'assoil' + '-ment' suffix forming nouns of action or result. The '-ment' suffix creates abstract nouns from verbs in Romance-influenced English.
This word represents one of the most archaic legal terms in English—you'd need to dig through 14th-century documents to find actual uses of 'assoilment' in court records.
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