acquittal
noun
1 acquittal
A judgment of not guilty.
Roget 937:
vindication,
justification,
warrant;
exoneration,
exculpation;
acquittal
etc.
970;
whitewashing.
extenuation;
palliation,
palliative;
softening,
mitigation.
reply,
defense;
recrimination
etc.
938.
apology,
gloss,
varnish;
plea
etc.
617;
salvo;
excuse,
extenuating circumstances;
allowance,
allowance to be made;
locus paenitentiae [Lat.].
apologist,
vindicator,
justifier;
defendant
etc.
938.
justifiable charge,
true bill.
v..
justify,
warrant;
be an excuse for
etc.
n.;
lend a color,
furnish a handle;
vindicate;
exculpate,
disculpate†;
acquit
etc.
970;
clear,
set right,
exonerate,
whitewash;
clear the skirts of.
extenuate,
palliate,
excuse,
soften,
apologize,
varnish,
slur,
gloze;
put a gloss,
put a good face upon;
mince;
gloss over,
bolster up,
help a lame dog over a stile.
advocate,
defend,
plead one's cause;
stand up for,
stick up for,
speak up for;
contend for,
speak for;
bear out,
keep in countenance,
support;
plead
&c.,
617;
say in defense;
plead ignorance;
confess and avoid,
propugn†,
put in a good word for.
take the will for the deed,
make allowance for,
give credit for,
do justice to;
give one his due,
give the Devil his due.
make good;
prove the truth of,
prove one's case;
be justified by the event.
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Roget 926:
duty,
what ought to be done,
moral obligation,
accountableness†,
liability,
onus,
responsibility;
bounden duty,
imperative duty;
call,
call of duty;
accountability.
allegiance,
fealty,
tie engagement
etc.
(promise)
768;
part;
function,
calling
etc.
(business)
625.
morality,
morals,
decalogue;
case of conscience;
conscientiousness
etc.
(probity)
939;
conscience,
inward monitor,
still small voice within,
sense of duty,
tender conscience,
superego;
the hell within
[Paradise Lost].
dueness
etc.
924;
propriety,
fitness,
seemliness,
amenability,
decorum,
to prepon;
the thing,
the proper thing;
the right thing to do,
the proper thing to do.
[Science of morals]
ethics,
ethology. ;
deontology†,
aretology†;
moral philosophy,
ethical philosophy;
casuistry,
polity.
observance,
fulfillment,
discharge,
performance,
acquittal,
satisfaction,
redemption;
good behavior.
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Roget 772:
observance,
performance,
compliance,
acquiescence,
concurrence;
obedience
etc.
743;
fulfillment,
satisfaction,
discharge;
acquittance,
acquittal.
adhesion,
acknowledgment;
fidelity
etc.
(probity)
939;
exact
etc.
494;
observance.
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Roget 750:
liberation,
disengagement,
release,
enlargement,
emancipation;
disenthrallment†,
disenthralment†;
affranchisement†,
enfranchisement;
manumission;
discharge,
dismissal.
deliverance
etc.
672;
redemption,
extrication,
acquittance,
absolution;
acquittal
etc.
970;
escape
etc.
671.
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Roget 970:
acquittal,
acquitment†;
clearance,
exculpation;
acquittance,
clearance,
exoneration;
discharge
etc.
(release)
750;
quietus,
absolution,
compurgation†,
reprieve,
respite;
pardon
etc.
(forgiveness)
918.
[Exemption from punishment]
impunity;
diplomatic immunity;
immunity;
plea bargain,
deal with the prosecutor.
[in civil suits]
no cause for action;
no damages.
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Dutch: vrijspraak
Polish: uniewinnienie
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