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(əkwɪtəl)
Word forms: plural acquittals
variable noun
Acquittal is a formal declaration in a court of law that someone who has been accused of a crime is innocent.
...the acquittal of six police officers charged with beating a suspect. [+ of]
The jury voted 8-to-4 in favor of acquittal.
The trial resulted in acquittals on all but one count.
Synonyms: clearance, freeing, release, relief More Synonyms of acquittal

acquittal in British English

(əˈkwɪtəl)
noun
1.  criminal law
the deliverance and release of a person appearing before a court on a charge of crime, as by a finding of not guilty
2. 
a discharge or release from an obligation, duty, debt, etc

acquittal in American English

(əˈkwɪtəl)
noun
1. 
an acquitting; discharge (of duty, obligation, etc.)
2.  Law
a setting free or being set free by judgment of the court
Word origin
ME aquital < Anglo-Fr aquitaille: see acquit

Examples of 'acquittal' in a sentence
acquittal

If the court disputes the acquittal, it will demand a new trial.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
His plea of insanity was rejected, but the sensational trial ended in acquittal.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The report of his acquittal by the court was confined to a small item in one of the side columns dealing with minor news.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
No information was available on how many of these led to a conviction, acquittal or to charges being dropped.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Or a trial and acquittal.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
So far the courts have handed down ten convictions and one acquittal in more than 20 cases that have seen mainly foreigners in the dock.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

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acquittal

British English: acquittal NOUN
Acquittal is a formal declaration in a court of law that someone who has been accused of a crime is innocent.
The judge ordered their acquittal.
  • American English: acquittal
  • Brazilian Portuguese: absolvição
  • Chinese: 无罪的判决
  • European Spanish: absolución
  • French: acquittement
  • German: Freispruch
  • Italian: assoluzione
  • Japanese: 無罪判決
  • Korean: 무죄 선고
  • European Portuguese: absolvição
  • Latin American Spanish: absolución

(noun) 
the acquittal of all the accused
Synonyms
clearance
freeing
release
a blessed release from the obligation to work
relief
The news will come as a great relief.
liberation
Passover recalls the liberation from slavery in Egypt.
discharge
The doctors began to discuss his discharge from hospital.
pardon
They lobbied the government on his behalf and he was granted a pardon.
setting free
vindication
He insisted on a complete vindication from the libel jury.
deliverance
their sudden deliverance from war
absolution
She felt as if his words had granted her absolution.
exoneration
the exoneration of an athlete who inadvertently took a banned drug
exculpation

Additional synonyms

in the sense of absolution
She felt as if his words had granted her absolution.
Synonyms
forgiveness,
release,
freedom,
liberation,
discharge,
amnesty,
mercy,
pardon,
indulgence,
exemption,
acquittal,
setting free,
remission,
vindication,
deliverance,
dispensation,
exoneration,
exculpation,
shriving,
condonation
in the sense of deliverance
their sudden deliverance from war
Synonyms
release,
rescue,
liberation,
salvation,
redemption,
ransom,
emancipation
in the sense of discharge
Definition
dismissal or release from an office, job, etc.
The doctors began to discuss his discharge from hospital.
Synonyms
release,
liberation,
clearance,
pardon,
acquittal,
remittance,
exoneration

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