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What is the noun for acquittal?

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acquittal
  1. (now rare) The act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.). [from 15th c.]
  2. (law) 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. [from 15th c.]
  3. Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends. [from 15th c.]
  4. (now historical) The act of releasing someone from debt or other obligation; acquittance. [from 15th c.]
  5. (rare) Avoidance of danger; deliverance. [from 17th c.]
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “If that is the case, my client was deprived of the chance of an acquittal on the murder count.”
      “If these compurgators all agreed in a declaration in favour of the accused, this was held to he a complete acquittal.”
      “In the United States, where defendants are protected against double jeopardy, his acquittal would have ensured that he went free.”
acquittance
acquitter
  1. One who acquits or releases.
acquittaunce
  1. Obsolete form of acquittance.
acquitment
  1. (law) Acquittal.
acquittaunces
  1. plural of acquittaunce
acquittances
acquitments
  1. plural of acquitment
acquittals
  1. plural of acquittal
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The doctors were duly charged, but their acquittals established the legality of abortions in order to preserve mental health.”
      “The appellate court affirmed 51 acquittals and 19 findings of medical negligence by defendant physicians.”
      “Many acquittals are obtained in cases where the defense cannot offer jurors an alternative suspect for the crime.”
acquitters
  1. plural of acquitter
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