different between acquittal vs completion

English

Etymology

From acquit +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??kw?.t(?)l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??kw?.d(?)l/

Noun

acquittal (countable and uncountable, plural acquittals)

1. (now rare) The act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.). [from 15th c.]
2. (law) 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. [from 15th c.]
3. Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends. [from 15th c.]
4. (historical) The act of releasing someone from debt or other obligation; acquittance. [from 15th c.]
5. (rare) Avoidance of danger; deliverance. [from 17th c.]

Alternative forms

• acquital (obsolete)

Antonyms

• conviction
• condemnation

Related terms

• acquit

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin completio, completionem, from complere (“to fill up, complete”); comparable to English complete +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m?pli???n/
• Rhymes: -i???n

Noun

completion (plural completions)

1. The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
2. (law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
3. (American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.
4. (mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
5. (mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.

Synonyms

• (state of being complete): completeness, doneness; see also Thesaurus:completion

Antonyms

• (state of being or making complete): incompletion, unfinishedness; see also Thesaurus:incompletion
• (making complete; accomplishment): termination

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• code-completion

Related terms

Translations

References

• completion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia