acquitted
pronunciation
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- Adjective:
- declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless
Word Origin
- acquitted (adj.)
- "freed, exonerated," 1670s, past participle adjective from acquit (v.). Formerly in this sense was acquit (late 14c.), perhaps on analogy of past participles such as hit.
Example
- 1. On june 18th he too was acquitted .
- 2. In the event , afghan teams have acquitted themselves well .
- 3. The jury acquitted him of the charge of murder .
- 4. The judge acquitted all 19 defendants on charges of belonging to an " armed terrorist organisation " .
- 5. In 2005 a jury acquitted him .