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What is the difference between acquittal and absolution?

acquittal | absolution |

As nouns the difference between acquittal and absolution

is that acquittal is the act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.) while absolution is an absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.

acquittal

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal) 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.
  • Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends.
  • (rare) Avoidance of danger; deliverance.
  • Antonyms

    * conviction * condemnation

    absolution

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
  • Forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
  • The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
  • (Shipley)
  • An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
  • Government ... granting absolution to the nation.
  • (obsolete) Delivery, in speech.
  • (Ben Jonson)

    Derived terms

    * Absolution day

    See also

    * indulgence

    References

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