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Literary notes about Assoil (AI summary)

Across literary works, "assoil" is predominantly employed to convey the notion of spiritual or moral cleansing—a process by which one is freed from sin or guilt through divine or clerical intervention. It frequently appears in contexts where absolution is sought through confession or prayer, as when individuals plead for their soul’s purification or are granted forgiveness by holy figures ([1], [2], [3]). The term’s archaic flavor and poetic cadence imbue these appeals with gravity, highlighting themes of redemption and the restoration of honor, whether in solemn religious rites or in metaphorical reflections on moral restoration ([4], [5], [6]). In some usages, "assoil" even extends beyond the religious sphere to suggest the clearing away of personal or collective burdens, underscoring its versatile symbolic significance in literature ([7], [8]).
  1. “Wilt thou partake of the holy bread and wine, or wilt thou, as the woman hath done, assoil thy soul’s guilt by confession?”
    — from A Maid at King Alfred's Court: A Story for Girls by Lucy Foster Madison
  2. And so Sir Launcelot penance made, And worked at servile toil; And prayed the Bishop of Canterbury His sins for to assoil.
    — from Songs and Satires by Edgar Lee Masters
  3. E’er I depart I would assoil my soul of all taint.
    — from In Doublet and Hose: A Story for Girls by Lucy Foster Madison
  4. God will not speak to them, or assoil them, on the day of the Resurrection: and theirs shall be a grievous torment.
    — from The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
  5. Mother, as I promised to assoil thy doubt, Here I give thee an hundred pieces of gold.
    — from A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 01
  6. In this Thine awful sanctuary, First and flame-haunted City of the Widened World, Assoil us, Lord of Lands and Seas!
    — from Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. Du Bois
  7. [Pg 253] At my own tribunal stand assoil'd, [66] Yet, fearing others' censure, am embroil'd.
    — from A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 15 by Robert Dodsley
  8. She is a jolly compagnon de voyage , had been thrice to Jerusalem, and is now seeking assoil for some little sins at Canterbury.
    — from English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English HistoryDesigned as a Manual of Instruction by Henry Coppée

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