acquitment
acquitment is the obsolete form of acquittal.
Meaning of acquittal
Noun
acquittal (countable and uncountable, plural acquittals)
- The act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.).
- Synonyms:
- completion, consummation, fulfilment, realization
- 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.
- criminal acquittal
- Synonyms:
- acquittance, exoneration, quittance
- Antonyms:
- conviction, condemnation
- Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends.
- Synonyms:
- quittal, requital, satisfaction, amends, assyth, bote, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, mends
- The act of releasing someone from debt or other obligation; acquittance.
- Avoidance of danger; deliverance.
Synonyms of acquitment
- absolution
- acquittance
- assoilment
- acquittal
- compurgation
- disculpation
- exculpation
- exoneration
- not guilty
- quittance
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Forms of acquitment
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Origin of acquitment
From acquit + -ment.
Questions about acquitment
- What is acquitment the obsolete form of?
- Acquitment is the obsolete form of acquittal.
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