ACQUITTALS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

acquittals

noun

plural of acquittal

as in pardons

a setting free from a charge of wrongdoing confidently predicted that his client's trial would result in a full acquittal

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Recent Examples of acquittals According to Ghaemi, the IRGC’s intelligence agency has consolidated control over interrogations, detention centers, judges, and prosecutors, and the proof is in the lack of acquittals. — Laura Secor, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026 However, many cases where charges were brought against activists have been dismissed or resulted in acquittals. — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 10 June 2026 The new indictments come as legal teams for both Jones and Dowling are in the process of seeking acquittals from Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross after evidence presented at a six-week trial in Akron failed in March to lead to unanimity among jurors, who deliberated for nine days. — CBS News, 7 June 2026 But in other court districts where cases are further along, many have been tossed by judges or resulted in acquittals. — Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026 Six have gone to trial, including five for assault on a federal officer, and all have resulted in acquittals. — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026 Eighteen of those cases were dismissed and two ended in acquittals. — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2025 Though Combs’ defense argued that his acquittals on the most serious charges precluded the court from considering the women’s claims of coercion, Judge Arun Subramanian said the women’s claims of violence and exploitation were major factors in the prison sentence of four years and two months. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025 Two of the cases that went to trial resulted in acquittals, including one that took place in the Eastern District of Virginia. — Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2025

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The president has also drawn scrutiny for issuing pardons to people who have publicly supported him or have business ties to him, but his pardon power is separate from the DOJ.

— Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
The order granted full pardons to most people convicted of offenses related to the Capitol attack and directed the Justice Department to seek dismissal of pending cases.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

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After school hours, makeshift football pitches appear suddenly on dusty patches of land while small clearings and undeveloped plots become informal playgrounds.

— Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2026
Mass clearings claim the most trees Like past assessments, the survey found the overwhelming majority of Atlanta’s intact canopy — 72% — is on land zoned for single-family residential homes.

— Drew Kann, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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As a result, the number of exonerations nationwide increased from 25 in 1989 to 259 in 2022, according to the National Registry of Exonerations, a project operated by universities in Michigan and California.

— Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 6 Aug. 2026
The law isn’t perfect, raising several barriers to testing, but still, DNA evidence has featured in 17 of Florida’s 30 death row exonerations.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026

Definition of exonerations

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