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| Main Entry: |
acquittal
 [uh-kwit-l] 
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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