The case resulted in acquittal of the defendant. Several jurors voted for acquittal. The case resulted in an acquittal of the defendant.
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English acquitaille, acquytall "release, discharge, conduct," borrowed from Anglo-French acquitel, acquitaill, from aquiter "to acquit" + -el, -aill-al entry 2
VERB + ACQUITTAL➤return, vote for (NAmE) 宣告無罪;投票宣告無罪◇The jury returned an acquittal after only 22 minutes.僅 22 分鐘後,陪審團就宣告了無罪的裁決。◇She claimed she had been intimidated into voting for acquittal.她宣稱遭到恐嚇而被迫投票贊成無罪判決。➤direct, order下令無罪釋放◇The trial judge ordered an acquittal.承審法官下令無罪開釋。➤obtain, secure, win (NAmE) 獲得無罪宣判;獲得無罪釋放;贏得無罪判決▸➤lead to, result in導致無罪釋放◇The trial resulted in an acquittal.審判的結果是無罪釋放。➤uphold維持無罪的裁決◇The judge upheld their acquittal.法官維持了他們無罪的裁決。