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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
acquittal
 
SYLLABICATION:ac·quit·tal
PRONUNCIATION:  -kwtl
NOUN:1. Judgment, as by a jury or judge, that a defendant is not guilty of a crime as charged. 2. The state of being found or proved not guilty.
 
 
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