1. (n.) A discharge from an accusation; as, an acquittal from a charge of robbery\.

2. (n.) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.

accordance acquitment acquittance adherence amortization amortizement binder care carrying out cash cash payment clearance compliance condemnation conformance conformity debt service decision defrayal defrayment deposit disbursal discharge doling out down payment earnest earnest money execution fulfillment heed heeding hire purchase hire purchase plan installment installment plan interest payment judgment keeping landmark decision liquidation monthly payments never-never observance observation paying paying off paying out paying up payment payment in kind payoff penalty performance practice prepayment quarterly payments quittance regular payments remittance respect retirement satisfaction sentence settlement sinking-fund payment spot cash verdict weekly payments