assoilzie means synonym of assoil.; To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
assoilzie is pronounced /əˈsɔɪl(j)ɪ/.
Why “assoilzie” is a great word
To absolve or acquit, especially by judicial decree, as from sin or a criminal charge. Its lineage is a Scottish variant of assoil, from Scottish Middle English assolyhe, assolȝe, retaining the -le- or -li- sounds of Anglo-Norman as(s)oilier and Old French as(s)oille, ultimately from Latin absolvere ("to loosen, set free, acquit"). Unlike "acquit," a general legal discharge, or "pardon," an executive forgiveness of penalty, to assoilzie is the precise, formal act of a tribunal severing the accusation itself. It is the rustle of a parchment decree in a stone-flagged hall, the unshackling of a wrist, the cold, clear syllable that falls from a magistrate’s lips—the fragile architecture of innocence, officially reconstructed, leaving the absolved soul standing in a new and unnerving solitude.
Etymology
A Scottish variant of assoil, from Scottish Middle English assolyhe, assolȝe, retaining the -le- or -li- sounds of Anglo-Norman as(s)oilier and Old French as(s)oille which were dropped in modern English spoken in England.
verb
- Synonym of assoil.; To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon.“There is more than mere strength, there seems as if the whole soul and spirit of the champion were given to every blow which he deals upon his enemies. God assoilzie him of the sin of bloodshed!—it is fearful, yet magnificent, to behold how the arm and heart of one man can triumph over hundreds.”
- Synonym of assoil.; Followed by from or of: to acquit (someone) from a criminal charge; to find (someone) not guilty; to clear.“The verdict, when in writing, is authenticated by the subscriptions of the chancellor and clerk of the jury, and accompanied with a list of the names of the jurors, and a state of the vote of each individual, "whether condemning or assoilzieing;" Regulations 1672, No. 9.”