Performance vs Acquittal - What's the difference?
performance | acquittal | Synonyms |
The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
*{{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
, passage=Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.}}
That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.
A live show or concert.
(computer science) The amount of useful work accomplished by a computer system compared to the time and resources used.
(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.