acquittal vs reproof

acquittal

noun
  • 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. 

  • The act of releasing someone from debt or other obligation; acquittance. 

  • Avoidance of danger; deliverance. 

  • Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends. 

reproof

noun
  • An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition. 

verb
  • To proof again. 

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