acquittal [uh-kwit-l] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
acquittal [uh-kwit-l]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: declaration removing blame
Synonyms: absolution, acquitting, amnesty, clearance, deliverance, discharge, discharging, dismissal, dismissing, exculpation, exemption, exoneration, freeing, letting off, liberation, pardon, release, releasing, relief from, reprieve, vindication
Antonyms: blame, censure, conviction, denunciation, doom, sentence
Main Entry: absolution
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: forgiveness
Synonyms: acquittal, amnesty, compurgation, exculpation, forgiveness, mercy, pardon, release
Main Entry: deliverance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: liberation
Synonyms: acquittal, delivery, emancipation, extrication, freeing, redemption, release, rescue, salvation, saving
Example Sentences
  • It is thanks to the courts' strict interpretation of this rule that many high-profile cases have ended in acquittal.
  • The friends of acquittal were light hearted for they also knew his last condition.
  • Even the prosecution had moved for acquittal during the initial trial, saying it had been persuaded by the defense position.
Main Entry: discharge
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: setting free
Synonyms: acquittal, clearance, disimprisonment, exoneration, liberation, pardon, parole, probation, release, remittance
Antonyms: hold, imprisonment, incarceration, keep, retention
Main Entry: discharge
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: payment of debt
Synonyms: acquittal, disbursement, liquidation, satisfaction, settlement
Antonyms: indebtedness, owing
Main Entry: forgiveness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pardon; end of blame
Synonyms: absolution, acquittal, amnesty, charity, clemency, compassion, condonation, dispensation, exculpation, exoneration, extenuation, grace, immunity, impunity, indemnity, justification, lenience, lenity, mercy, overlooking, palliation, purgation, quarter, quittance, remission, remittal, reprieve, respite, vindication
Antonyms: accusation, blame, censure, charge, punishment, sentence
Main Entry: justification
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: reason, excuse
Synonyms: absolution, account, acquittal, advocacy, answer, apologia, apology, approval, argument, basis, confirmation, defense, exculpation, exoneration, explanation, extenuation, grounds, idea, mitigation, palliation, palliative, plea, pretext, raison d'être, rationale, rationalization, rebuttal, redemption, reply, response, salvation, sanctification, song and dance, story, support, validation, vindication, warrant, whatfor, wherefore, whitewashing, whole idea, why and wherefore
Main Entry: observance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: attention to, knowledge of something
Synonyms: acknowledgment, acquittal, acquittance, adherence, awareness, carrying out, celebration, cognizance, compliance, discharge, fidelity, fulfillment, heed, heeding, honoring, keeping, mark, mind, note, notice, obedience, observation, performance, regard, remark, satisfaction
Notes: observance refers to the following of a custom, duty, or law; observation refers to the act of noticing or recording
Antonyms: carelessness, heedlessness, neglect, thoughtlessness
Main Entry: pardon
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: forgiveness
Synonyms: absolution, acquittal, allowance, amnesty, anchor, clemency, commute, conciliation, condonation, discharge, exculpation, excuse, exoneration, forbearance, freeing, grace, indemnification, indemnity, indulgence, justification, kindness, lifeboat, lifesaver, mercy, release, remission, reprieve, vindication
Antonyms: chastisement, condemnation, damning, ostracization, penalty, punishment
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