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Acquittal vs Exoneration - What's the difference?

acquittal | exoneration |

As nouns the difference between acquittal and exoneration

is that acquittal is while exoneration is exoneration.

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

    exoneration

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation
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    • , passage=Mr. Spitzer’s proposal also calls for the creation of a state office that would be responsible for studying all cases that resulted in exonerations and looking for flaws in the system that led to those wrongful convictions. }}
  • (uncountable) The state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.