acquittalnoun [ C or U ]
uk/əˈkwɪt.əl/us/əˈkwɪt̬.əl/the decision of a court that someone is not guilty:
The first trial ended in a hung jury, the second in acquittal.
Of the three cases that went to trial, two ended in acquittals.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Innocent
- accuse
- acquit
- be above/beyond reproach idiom
- be in the clear idiom
- beat
- beat the rap idiom
- blameless
- clear
- culpable
- exculpate
- exonerate
- guiltless
- guilty
- innocence
- reproach
- responsibility
- responsible
- sin 1
- squeaky-clean
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