acquittal
/əˈkwɪt(ə)l
/noun
A judgement or verdict that a person is not guilty of the crime with which they have been charged: the trial resulted in an acquittal [mass noun]: the women felt their chances of acquittal were poor...
- Routine acquittals of obviously guilty people would quickly breed contempt for the law.
- Now the choice is go to trial on a felony assault charge and hope for an acquittal or plead guilty to a misdemeanor.
- From his arrest until his acquittal at the Crown Court, the Applicant was on bail.
Synonyms
absolution, clearing, exoneration, exculpation, declaration of innocence;
discharge, release, freeing, liberation, deliverance;
vindication
informal let-off, letting off
Rhymes
- suprarenin
- suprasaturate
- suprascapula
- suprascapular
- suprascript
- suprasegmental
- suprasegmentally
- suprasellar
- suprasensible
- suprasensitive
- suprasensitivity
- suprasensual
- suprasensuous
- supra-sentential
- supraspecies
- supraspecific
- supraspective
- supraspinatus
- supraspinous
- suprasterol
- suprasubtle
- coprophagia
- coprophagic
- coprophagous
- coprophagy