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acquitment ? Obs.|əˈkwɪtmənt|
[a. OFr. aquitement action of acquitting. See acquit v. and -ment.]
The action of acquitting, discharging, or releasing; acquittal, discharge, release.
1643Milton Divorce ii. xiv. 98 (1851) The indulgent arrears which those judiciall acquitments had ingaged him in. 1645― Tetrach. 191 On both sides the acquitment will be reasonable, if the bondage be intolerable. 1683tr. Erasmus, Moriæ Enc. 27 Creditable acquitment of ovrselves in any one station of life. 1703Manton Expos. Is. liii. 6 Wks. 1871 III. 320 It is God that justifieth, the whole business of your acquitment is carried on by the Lord. 1810Bentham Art of Packing (1821) 255 The judge's certificate of acquitment. |