Thesaurus:acquittal
English
Noun
Sense: the act of dismissing an accusation against someone
Synonyms
- absolution (obsolete)
- acquittance (obsolete)
- acquitment (obsolete)
- acquittal
- assoilment (archaic)
- compurgation (chiefly historical)
- disculpation
- exculpation
- exoneration
- not guilty
- quittance
- vindication
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Further reading
- “970. acquittal” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “acquittal” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.