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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Recent Examples of acquittal
After Karen Read’s inevitable (second) acquittal, Alan Jackson wrote a scathing letter to Commissioner Cox basically telling him that Kelly Dever was all through as a cop.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Three of the other five charges against him ended with an acquittal after jury trials, and the other two charges were dismissed.
—Mia Maldonado, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2025
The two-night docuseries event recounts Michael Jackson’s acquittal on child molestation charges.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 30 Aug. 2025
And in the case of wrongful acquittal, such as ours, the same principle should apply.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Three of the other five charges against him ended with an acquittal after jury trials, and the other two charges were dismissed.
—Mia Maldonado, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2025
The two-night docuseries event recounts Michael Jackson’s acquittal on child molestation charges.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 30 Aug. 2025
And in the case of wrongful acquittal, such as ours, the same principle should apply.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquittal
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Trump has suggested that the pardons Biden signed using the technology should be considered null and void.—
Lalee Ibssa,
ABC News,
24 Sep. 2025
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His pardon came after years of pressure on Egypt’s government from his family, that included long hunger strikes by Abd El-Fattah and his mother, Laila Soueif, who is a professor of math at Cairo University.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Immediate forgiveness – a message of letting go of the anger that comes with being so terribly wronged – has a familiar sound to those who have been following a frighteningly violent news cycle.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Recently, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has also taken legal action against the Department of Education, alleging that the administration has unlawfully delayed or denied access to loan forgiveness programs, such as IDR and PSLF.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Currently, around $300 billion of Russian Central Bank assets are frozen internationally, with a large portion – some $229 billion – of those held in the European Union, mostly with the Belgian clearing house, Euroclear.—
Sebastian Shukla,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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These subtle preferences, however, are a far cry from the field-clearing exercises the party conducted in the 2020 cycle.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Despite the exoneration, the battle wasn’t over.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Since her exoneration, Knox has become a respected author of three books, a journalist, activist, and podcaster.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Pulisic’s red-hot form and vindication Pulisic opting out of the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup left him facing weeks of criticism and questions.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Republican operatives at the time warned that outsourcing the ground game to outside groups could pose risks for future cycles, but Kirk and his team described the results as vindication.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Acquittal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquittal. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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