Non prosecutions refer to situations where legal action is not initiated against someone who is believed to have committed an offense. There are several synonyms that can be used to describe this situation, such as acquittal, exoneration, dismissal, dropping the charges, or nolle prosequi. Acquittal means that the accused has been cleared of all charges after trial, exoneration is the act of declaring someone not guilty, dismissal is when a case is thrown out of court, dropping the charges is when the prosecution decides not to proceed with the case, and nolle prosequi is Latin that means a "will not prosecute" order by the prosecution. These terms are all related to situations where legal action is not taken against an alleged offender.