acquittal
pronunciation
How to pronounce acquittal in British English:
UK [əˈkwɪtl]
How to pronounce acquittal in American English:
US [əˈkwɪtl]
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- Noun:
- a judgment of not guilty
Word Origin
- acquittal (n.)
- early 15c., "payment of debt or retribution;" see acquit + -al (2). Sense of "a release from debt or obligation" is from mid-15c.; that of "freeing from charge or offense" (by legal process) is from 1530s.
Antonym
Example
- 1. That bodes badly for mr khodorkovsky 's acquittal chances in a new trial that could leave him in jail for 20 more years .
- 2. Its hopes were raised on december 28th when a court rejected an appeal against the acquittal on corruption charges of ma ying-jeou , the party 's former chairman .
- 3. For all that , he seems surprisingly free of bitterness : prosecutors in malaysia might have appealed his acquittal but for now he seems to be revelling in his status as a free man .
- 4. The near-total acquittal of a former prime minister of israel , ehud olmert , after a long-running trial for corruption , has prompted a furious legal debate laced with political intrigue and speculation .