ac·quit·tal /ə-'kwit-əl/ n
1: release or discharge from debt or other liability
2: a setting free or deliverance from the charge of an offense by verdict of a jury, judgment of a court, or other legal process see also implied acquittal; judgment of acquittal at judgment 1a compare conviction
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.