单词 | acquitting |
释义 | acquittingn. The action of acquit v. (in various senses); (also) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun] > release from duty or obligation remission?1316 loosingc1357 releasec1390 releasing1395 discharginga1398 defeasance1399 quittancea1400 acquittancec1405 discharge1423 absolution1447 acquittinga1450 quietance1451 excusationc1475 relief1496 acquittal?1538 releasement1548 ease1576 excuse1577 relievement1583 excusal1584 exoneration1640 dispensation1653 absolvement1689 a1450–1500 ( Libel Eng. Policy (1926) l. 31 (MED) Therfore I caste me..To shewe att eye thys conclusione, For concyens and for myne acquytynge Ayenst God. c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 138 (MED) Þou art bitwixe þo ij yuelis constreynyd..in þat is noon acquyting fro þe seid constreynyng. a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 380 (MED) Without ony acquyteyng of bothe parties. 1569 A. Golding tr. N. Hemmingsen Postill f. 218v Chrystian iustification is an acquiting of that person from sinne that beleeueth in Chryst. 1614 T. Wilson Comm. Epist. S. Paul to Romanes 322 What is meant here by iustification?..An acquiting or absoluing of sinners from all their faults. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Quite claim, in Common Law, is an acquitting of a man for any action that he hath against him. 1792 Ann. Reg. 1789 103 The two houses were fully equal to the acquitting of any minister. 1861 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 410/1 There may..be instances of their acquitting contrary to the general sentiment. 1885 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 843/1 When it is the improvement of extradition treaties, the acquitting of a debt,..matters are laid over from year to year. 1967 E. Best Let. Paul to Romans 66 (note) God's free grace in the acquitting of guilty men will not..lead a man to sin but into a new life of righteousness. 2006 J. Richardson Complicated Life Afr.-Amer. Man iii. 46 The acquitting of police officers..for the brutal beating of an African-American man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). acquittingadj. Characterized by forgiveness or exoneration; spec. that clears a person of a formal charge or accusation. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [adjective] remissive1592 acquitting1638 pardoning1645 forgiving1690 condonative1840 1638 A. Harsnett Cordiall for Afflicted (ed. 2) 182 Our repentance not only frustrates Gods condemning sentence, but turns it into an acquitting sentence. 1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 641 The very Whispers of an acquitting Conscience will drown the Voice of the loudest Slander. 1724 T. Lewis Origines Hebrææ I. i. vi. 60 On each Hand of the Court before them stood a Clerk of the Council; the one register'd the acquitting Voices, the other the condemning. 1809 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 3 June 812 ‘Not guilty’ is all that an acquitting jury says. 1894 Sunday-School World Feb. 42/1 Faith, works, words—all these are grounds for the condemning or acquitting sentence of God. 1905 Everybody's Mag. Mar. 377/1 The acquitting verdict of a murder jury is a confession by the State that the jury itself had no valid ground for existence. 1989 M. Z. Brettler God is King v. 115 When God the judge vindicates Israel..he shows great care and tenderness toward them; this is unusual behavior by the acquitting judge toward the former accused. 2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 Apr. One of the criminal law's golden rules is that a laughing jury is an acquitting jury. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1450adj.1638 |
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