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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Acquittal

/ək-wĭt'-əl/ · Ac·quit·tal · IPA /əˈkwɪ.d(ə)l/
01 n. The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.
  1. 1.
    The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.
  2. 2.
    A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.(Law)