Acquittal In A Sentence

Q: How to use acquittal in a sentence?

1. There was not a single acquittal or disagreement. 2. The result was the acquittal of the accused. 3. Now the hope of an acquittal ran high. 4. Trial and acquittal of W. Bramwell Booth. 5. His acquittal had vindicated his innocence and established his claim to martyrdom.

Definition of Acquittal

(now rare) The act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.). [from 15th c.] | (law) 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. [from 15th c.] | Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends. [from 15th c.]

How To Use Acquittal In A Sentence?

His acquittal had vindicated his innocence and established his claim to martyrdom.
A second arrest on a similar charge resulted in another acquittal at Brockville.
Mr. Allison was honourably acquitted, and the acquittal much encouraged his belief in justice.
He felt no gratification at his success in gaining her acquittal which did not spring from the loftiest and most disinterested motives.
The chances were against his acquittal in any, and the most hopeful view he could take was imprisonment for life.
The fugitive began to realize how determined was the effort to capture him and how small the chance of acquittal if he were taken.
The acquittal of these two men means nothing more than that they were not proved guilty to the satisfaction of the juries trying them.
Although the jury has acquitted you, such acquittal must not be considered a license for others to go and do likewise.

And since his conviction or acquittal must hinge on that single question, what room was there to hope for his acquittal?
Day after day, hoping for the acquittal and release, one article after another went to the pawn shop.
At the trial his innocence of the charge was, of course, fully established, and an acquittal was the result.
During the week which followed Sam's acquittal nothing of especial interest occurred.
It was an awkward and uncomfortable situation for me; but I consoled myself by anticipating the triumphant acquittal which awaited me.
There was no reason why the deposition at Antioch should be accepted blindly rather than the acquittal at Rome.
His acquittal certainly disappointed Mary; but it only served to convince her more and more, that bigotry and justice were incompatible.
The only mob that almost won his tolerance was that which celebrated the acquittal of Admiral Keppel in 1779.

While these discussions were going on Marat gained his triumphant acquittal from the charges made against him by the Girondins.
It sufficed for the acquittal of this woman whose statue, the work of Praxiteles, was placed in the temple at Delphi.
It was not rejoicing at the escape from punishment of the guilty, that they applauded, but it was through heartfelt exultation at the acquittal of an unfortunate woman.
His acquittal on a more serious charge nearly nine years before might well have led him to believe that he could with impunity set the law at defiance.
This conduct so exasperated the judges that he was now condemned to death by a large majority, about eighty of those who had previously voted for his acquittal now voting for his execution.
In the case under consideration, the proceedings were conducted with exceptional disregard to propriety, and the verdict of acquittal cannot be considered as of any value whatever.
That investigation established the fact that money had been in the possession of persons who had been engaged in efforts to secure the acquittal of the President.
In the midst of these executions, rare were the gleams of mercy; few instances are upon record of any acquittal taking place when the charge was witchcraft.

When the trial is by friends, if the decision should happen to be favorable, the honor of the acquittal is lessened; if adverse, the condemnation is exceedingly embittered.