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ASSOIL
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
Example:
The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
Synonyms:
acquit; assoil; clear; discharge; exculpate; exonerate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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
