assoilment

English

Alternative forms

(obsolete) assoylement

Etymology 1

assoil +‎ -ment

Noun

assoilment (countable and uncountable, plural assoilments)

1. (archaic) Act of soiling (defilement)

Etymology 2

assoil +‎ -ment

Noun

assoilment (countable and uncountable, plural assoilments)

1. (archaic)Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal.

References

• “assoilment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.