noun
- plural of assoilment; the act of absolving, acquitting, or clearing someone of guilt or blame
Usage: archaic; legal/formal context
Examples
- The court granted assoilments to those wrongly accused.
- Medieval records document assoilments granted by ecclesiastical authorities.
- The judge's assoilments of the defendants were celebrated by their families.
- Legal assoilments required substantial evidence of innocence.