| Main Entry: | acquittal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration removing blame |
Synonyms: |
absolution, acquitting, amnesty, clearance, deliverance, discharge, discharging, dismissal, dismissing, exculpation, exemption, exoneration, freeing, letting off, liberation, pardon, release, releasing, relief from, reprieve, vindication |
Antonyms: |
blame, censure, conviction, denunciation, doom, sentence |
| Concept: | Acquittal. |
| Category: | 5. Institutions |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
acquittal, acquitment; clearance, exculpation; acquittance, clearance, exoneration; discharge (release); quietus, absolution, compurgation, reprieve, respite; pardon (forgiveness)., [Exemption from punishment] impunity.
-verbs
acquit, exculpate, exonerate, clear; absolve, whitewash, assoil; discharge, release; liberate., reprieve, respite; pardon (forgive); let off, let off scot- free.
-adjectives
acquitted; uncondemned, unpunished, unchastised.
-phrases
nemo bis punitur pro codem delicto.
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Antonyms: |
condemnation |
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| Main Entry: | absolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forgiveness |
Synonyms: |
acquittal, amnesty, compurgation, exculpation, forgiveness, mercy, pardon, release |
| Main Entry: | deliverance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liberation |
Synonyms: |
acquittal, delivery, emancipation, extrication, freeing, redemption, release, rescue, salvation, saving |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting free |
Synonyms: |
acquittal, clearance, disimprisonment, exoneration, liberation, pardon, parole, probation, release, remittance |
Antonyms: |
hold, imprisonment, incarceration, keep, retention |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment of debt |
Synonyms: |
acquittal, disbursement, liquidation, satisfaction, settlement |
Antonyms: |
indebtedness, owing |
| Main Entry: | forgiveness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pardon; end of blame |
Synonyms: |
absolution, acquittal, amnesty, charity, clemency, compassion, condonation, dispensation, exculpation, exoneration, extenuation, grace, immunity, impunity, indemnity, justification, lenience, lenity, mercy, overlooking, palliation, purgation, quarter, quittance, remission, remittal, reprieve, respite, vindication |
Antonyms: |
accusation, blame, censure, charge, punishment, sentence |
| Main Entry: | justification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reason, excuse |
Synonyms: |
absolution, account, acquittal, advocacy, answer, apologia, apology, approval, argument, basis, confirmation, defense, exculpation, exoneration, explanation, extenuation, grounds, idea, mitigation, palliation, palliative, plea, pretext, raison d'être, rationale, rationalization, rebuttal, redemption, reply, response, salvation, sanctification, song and dance, story, support, validation, vindication, warrant, whatfor, wherefore, whitewashing, whole idea, why and wherefore |
| Main Entry: | observance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attention to, knowledge of something |
Synonyms: |
acknowledgment, acquittal, acquittance, adherence, awareness, carrying out, celebration, cognizance, compliance, discharge, fidelity, fulfillment, heed, heeding, honoring, keeping, mark, mind, note, notice, obedience, observation, performance, regard, remark, satisfaction |
| Notes: | observance refers to the following of a custom, duty, or law; observation refers to the act of noticing or recording |
Antonyms: |
carelessness, heedlessness, neglect, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | pardon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forgiveness |
Synonyms: |
absolution, acquittal, allowance, amnesty, anchor, clemency, commute, conciliation, condonation, discharge, exculpation, excuse, exoneration, forbearance, freeing, grace, indemnification, indemnity, indulgence, justification, kindness, lifeboat, lifesaver, mercy, release, remission, reprieve, vindication |
Antonyms: |
chastisement, condemnation, damning, ostracization, penalty, punishment |