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noun
Acquitting someone from a formal charge or accusation following the sworn oaths of a number of other people; vindication.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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Synonyms: absolution, acquittance, assoilment, acquitment, acquittal, compurgation, disculpation, exculpation, exoneration, not guilty, quittance, vindication
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin compurgātiōnem, from compurgāre (“to purify”).
Across languages
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