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Acquittal vs Salvation - What's the difference?

acquittal | salvation |

As nouns the difference between acquittal and salvation

is that acquittal is while salvation is (religion) the process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).

acquittal

English

(wikipedia 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.

    • Related terms

    * acquit * justification * innocence

    Antonyms

    * conviction * condemnation

    salvation

    English

    Alternative forms

    * salvatioun (obsolete)

    Noun

  • (religion) The process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell).
    • In Islam, salvation is achieved by praying in the mosque to Allah and following the sunnah of Muhammad.
  • The process of being restored or made new for the purpose of becoming saved; the process of being rid of the old poor quality conditions and becoming improved.

    • Antonyms

    * (in religion) damnation

    Related terms

    * salvage