Word: acquittal
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ac
quit
tal
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: a-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Not, without, opposite of.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἀ-
Language: grc
Decoded: a-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: The alpha privativum, used to make words that have a sense opposite to the word (or stem) to which the prefix is attached. It is also known as privative a and alpha privative.
Affix: quit
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc; to absolve; to acquit.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: quietus
Language: la
Decoded: quietus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: excused, absolved of
Affix: -al
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.