acquittal
Etymology Pronunciation Noun
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Etymology Pronunciation Noun
acquittal
- (now rare) The act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.). [from 15th c.]
- (legal) 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. [from 15th c.]
- Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends. [from 15th c.]
- (historical) The act of releasing someone from debt or other obligation; acquittance. [from 15th c.]
- (rare) Avoidance of danger; deliverance. [from 17th c.]
- French: acquittement, relaxe
- German: Freispruch
- Italian: assoluzione
- Portuguese: absolvição
- Russian: оправда́ние
- Spanish: absolución
- French: acquittement
- Russian: освобожде́ние
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