Answer:

assoil

Answer	Crossword Clue
ASSOIL	Begrime.
ASSOIL	Absolve.
ASSOIL	Absolve: Arch.

ASSOIL	Pardon or absolve: Archaic.
ASSOIL	Absolve, old style.
ASSOIL	Pardon, old style.
ASSOIL	Pardon, in Chaucer's day
ASSOIL	Pardon, once

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.