Search Result for "acquittal":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. a judgment of not guilty;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Acquittal \Ac*quit"tal\, n. 1. The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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