Definitions for: Acquittal

[n] a judgment of not guilty

Webster (1913) Definition: Ac*quit"tal, n.
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.

Antonyms: condemnation, conviction, judgment of conviction, sentence

See Also: final decision, final judgment