as in pardon
a setting free from a charge of wrongdoing
confidently predicted that his client's trial would result in a full acquittal
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Penn’s life after the acquittals was fraught with trouble, volatility and several encounters with police.
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Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
In 1992, Gallup asked whether the violent protests that followed the acquittal of three police officers who had assaulted Rodney King were justified.
—Lilliana Mason, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2024
The lawyers for Menendez and his co-defendants requested acquittals for their clients Friday, which Judge Sidney H. Stein denied.
—Azi Paybarah, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
The officials pointed to the 2022 acquittal on fraud charges of Boeing’s chief technical pilot for the Max as an example.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 30 June 2024
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Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
In 1992, Gallup asked whether the violent protests that followed the acquittal of three police officers who had assaulted Rodney King were justified.
—Lilliana Mason, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2024
The lawyers for Menendez and his co-defendants requested acquittals for their clients Friday, which Judge Sidney H. Stein denied.
—Azi Paybarah, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
The officials pointed to the 2022 acquittal on fraud charges of Boeing’s chief technical pilot for the Max as an example.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 30 June 2024
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“Acquittal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquittal. Accessed 13 Sep. 2024.
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