The action of freeing from a debt, obligation, obligatory payment, etc.; release. Also: †the action of freeing from blame, a charge, etc.; acquittal…

Dismissal of a charge by a verdict or other legal process. = acquittal, n. 2. Also in extended use. Obsolete (rare in later use).

A judgment or verdict that a person is not guilty of the crime or fault with which they have been charged. Also: dismissal of a charge by a verdict…

Law. In the proceedings of a criminal trial: the release of a prisoner. Chiefly in to stand upon (also at, on) one's deliverance. See also God send yo…

Law. Originally Roman Law. A legal acquittal, reprieve, or pardon.

Repayment, requital; an instance of this. Also: acquittal (rare).

The action or an act of acquitting (in various senses of the verb); acquittal.

The action or fact of clearing one's name; exculpation.