 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
acquittal
noun: a judgment of not guilty [ant: {conviction}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Acquittal \Ac*quit"tal\, noun
1. The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation;
acquittance.
2. (Law) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an
offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.
--Bouvier.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "acquittal":
accordance, acquitment, acquittance, adherence, amortization,
amortizement, binder, care, carrying out, cash, cash payment,
clearance, compliance, condemnation, conformance, conformity,
debt service, decision, defrayal, defrayment, deposit, disbursal,
discharge, doling out, down payment, earnest, earnest money,
execution, fulfillment, heed, heeding, hire purchase,
hire purchase plan, installment, installment plan,
interest payment, judgment, keeping, landmark decision,
liquidation, monthly payments, never-never, observance,
observation, paying, paying off, paying out, paying up, payment,
payment in kind, payoff, penalty, performance, practice,
prepayment, quarterly payments, quittance, regular payments,
remittance, respect, retirement, satisfaction, sentence,
settlement, sinking-fund payment, spot cash, verdict,
weekly payments
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