acquittal (noun)
21acquitment — noun Acquittal …
22double jeopardy — noun The act of trying someone twice for the same offense, especially after an acquittal in the first trial …
23jury nullification — noun an acquittal by a jury of a defendant ignoring the facts of the case and/or the law. The prosecutor thought he lost the case, not due to the creation of reasonable doubt, but due to jury nullification …
24adjudgment — noun The action of imposing judgment. The life record of every man, written not with pen and ink on paper, but with the finger of God on the tablet of his memory, will be the basis of his adjudgment to hell or his acquittal to heaven …
25conviction — noun 1 (C) a very strong belief or opinion: a woman of strong political convictions 2 (U) the feeling of being sure about something and having no doubts: The speech lacked style and conviction. | Maybe it was all a mistake, said Tom, without… …
26absolution — noun, Christianity Father, I am a sinful man in need of absolution Syn: forgiveness, pardon, exoneration, remission, dispensation, indulgence, clemency, mercy; discharge, acquittal; freedom, deliverance, release; vindication; formal exculpation;… …
27conviction — noun 1) his conviction for murder Syn: declaration of guilt, sentence, judgment Ant: acquittal 2) his political convictions Syn: belief, opinion, view, thought …
28condemnation — noun 1. an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable (Freq. 3) his uncompromising condemnation of racism • Syn: ↑disapprobation • Ant: ↑approbation (for: ↑disapprobation) …
29final decision — noun a judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment • Syn: ↑final judgment • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑judgment, ↑judgem …
30final judgment — noun a judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment • Syn: ↑final decision • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑judgment, ↑judgem …
