acquittal

English

Etymology

From acquit +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈkwɪ.t(ə)l/
• IPA^(key): /əˈkwɪ.d(ə)l/

Noun

acquittal (countable and uncountable, plural acquittals)

1. (now rare) The act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.). [from 15th c.]
2. (law) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process. [from 15th c.]
3. Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends. [from 15th c.]
4. (now historical) The act of releasing someone from debt or other obligation; acquittance. [from 15th c.]
5. (rare) Avoidance of danger; deliverance. [from 17th c.]

Alternative forms

• acquital (obsolete)

Antonyms

• conviction
• condemnation

Related terms

• acquit

Translations

legal decision of not guilty

• Bulgarian: оправдаване (opravdavane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宣告無罪／宣告无罪 (xuāngào wúzuì), 宣告无罪 (xuāngào wúzuì), 無罪開釋／无罪开释, 无罪开释 (wúzuì kāishì)

• Danish: frikendelse c, frifindelse c
• Dutch: vrijspraak (nl) m or f
• Finnish: vapauttava tuomio
• French: acquittement (fr) m, relaxe (fr) f
• German: Freispruch (de) m
• Hebrew: זיכוי (he) m (Zi-kui)
• Hungarian: felmentés (hu), felmentő ítélet
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• Italian: assoluzione (it) f
• Japanese: 無罪判決 (むざいはんけつ, muzai hanketsu), 放免 (ja) (ほうめん, hōmen)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: frifinnelse m

• Polish: uniewinnienie n
• Portuguese: absolvição (pt)
• Russian: оправда́ние (ru) n (opravdánije)
• Spanish: absolución (es) f
• Swedish: frikännande (sv) n
• Tagalog: pawalansala

payment of debt or other obligation

• Finnish: velan maksu
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• Hungarian: teljesítés (hu), kártalanítás (hu), visszafizetés (hu)

acquittance from debt

• Danish: frikendelse c
• Finnish: mitätöinti (fi)
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• French: acquittement (fr) m
• Russian: освобожде́ние (ru) n (osvoboždénije) (от долга, обязательств)