acquittal

Meanings

Plural: acquittals

Noun

• a judgment of not guilty
• The act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.).
• A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process.
• Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends.
• The act of releasing someone from debt or other obligation; acquittance.
• Avoidance of danger; deliverance.

Antonyms

condemnation, conviction

Related Words

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