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The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.

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  1. n. The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.
  2. n. A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.
  3. n. a judgment of not guilty
  4. 1. The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance. 2. (Law) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court. Bouvier.
  5. A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense,by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court. Bouvier.
  6. n:100 n. a judgment of not guilty