essoin

noun /ɪˈsɔɪn/

1. An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.

   obsolete

   [W]ith Rejoinders and Replies, / Long Bills, and Anſvvers, ſtuft vvith Lies, / Demurr, Imparlance, and Eſſoign, / The Parties ne'er could Iſſue join: / For Sixteen Years the Cauſe vvas ſpun, / And then ſtood vvhere it firſt begun.

2. Excuse; exemption.

   obsolete

   From euery worke he chalenged essoyne.

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English essoyne, from Old French essoignier, from Medieval Latin exoniō, essoniō (“excuse oneself; accept an excuse”), from ex- + sonium + -ō, sonium being from Proto-West Germanic *sunnju (“care, need”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry essoin (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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