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==English==
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===Etymology===
From {{suffix|en|acquit|al}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/əˈkwɪ.t(ə)l/|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-acquittal.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/əˈkwɪ.d(ə)l/|a=US}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|now|_|rare}} The act of [[fulfilling]] the [[duties]] (of a given role, obligation etc.). {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
# {{lb|en|legal}} A legal decision that someone is [[not guilty]] with which they have been charged, or the formal [[dismissal]] of a charge by some other legal process. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
# [[payment|Payment]] of a [[debt]] or other obligation; [[reparation]]s, [[amend]]s. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
# {{lb|en|historical}} The act of [[releasing]] someone from debt or other obligation; [[acquittance]]. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
# {{lb|en|rare}} [[avoidance|Avoidance]] of danger; [[deliverance]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|en|acquital}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}

====Antonyms====
* {{l|en|conviction}}
* {{l|en|condemnation}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|nonacquittal|postacquittal|preacquittal}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|acquit}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|legal decision of not guilty}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|արդարացում}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|апраўда́нне|n}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|оправда́ване|n}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|宣告無罪|tr=xuāngào wúzuì}}, {{t|cmn|無罪開釋|tr=wúzuì kāishì}}
* Danish: {{t|da|frikendelse|c}}, {{t|da|frifindelse|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vrijspraak|m|f}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|frídøming|f}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[vapauttava]] [[tuomio]]}}, {{t+|fi|vapautus}}
* French: {{t+|fr|acquittement|m}}, {{t+|fr|relaxe|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Freispruch|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|זכוי|m|tr=zi-kui|alt=זיכוי}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|felmentés}}, {{t|hu|[[felmentő]] [[ítélet]]}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|sýknudómur|m}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|bebas}}, {{t+|id|pembebasan}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|assoluzione|f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|無罪判決|tr=むざいはんけつ, muzai hanketsu|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|放免|tr=ほうめん, hōmen|sc=Jpan}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|pembebasan}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|frifinnelse|m}}, {{t|nb|frifinnelsesdom}}, {{t|nb|frikjennelse}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|frikjenning}}, {{t|nn|frifinning}}, {{t|nn|[[frikjennande]] [[dom]]}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|uniewinnianie|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|absolvição}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|achitare|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|оправда́ние|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ослобађање}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|oslobađanje}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|absolución|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|frikännande|n}}, {{t|sv|[[frikännande]] [[dom]]|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|pawalansala}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|ви́правдання|n}}
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{{trans-top|payment of debt or other obligation}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[velan]] [[maksu]]}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|teljesítés}}, {{t+|hu|kártalanítás}}, {{t+|hu|visszafizetés}}
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{{trans-top|acquittance from debt}}
* Danish: {{t|da|frikendelse|c}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mitätöinti}}
* French: {{t+|fr|acquittement|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|освобожде́ние|n}} {{qualifier|от долга, обязательств}}
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