# acquittal

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈkwɪ.t(ə)l/ · frequency rank #27,354

## Definitions
1. The act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.).
2. 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.
3. Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends.
4. The act of releasing someone from debt or other obligation; acquittance.
5. Avoidance of danger; deliverance.

## Etymology
From acquit + -al.

## Easily confused with
- **acquitted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acquittal-vs-acquitted)

## Common misspellings (11)
`accquittal`, `acqiuttal`, `acqquittal`, `acquital`, `acquitatl`, `acquittall`, `acquittla`, `acqutital`, `acuqittal`, `aqcuittal`, `caquittal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/acquittal