GRE Word List

ACQUITTAL

a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process

The meaning of the word acquittal is a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process.

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dissipateto break up and drive off
clientelea body of clients
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irksometending to irk : tedious
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barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor