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acquittal
noun as in declaration removing blame
Example Sentences
He won an acquittal in his tax case.
Last week, Combs' lawyers asked the judge to consider an acquittal or new trial, citing objections over the Mann Act.
If the court declines to grant an acquittal, his attorneys argued that a new trial is required due to "severe spillover prejudice from reams of inflammatory evidence".
At the start of a criminal trial, jurors are told that there are two acquittal verdicts - but it is not explained how they differ.
He used the grounds as a backdrop for negotiating the 1994 accord between Israel and Jordan, and he addressed the press there in 1999 after his acquittal by the Senate on impeachment charges.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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