acquitted

verb

  1. 1

    To declare or find innocent or not guilty.

  2. 2

    To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.

  3. 3

    Followed by of (and formerly by from): to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge.

    The jury acquitted the prisoner of the charge.
  4. 4

    To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.

    The orator acquitted himself very poorly.
  5. 5

    To clear oneself.

  6. 6

    To release, to rescue, to set free.

  7. 7

    To pay for; to atone for.

adjective

  1. 1

    Having been acquitted; having gone through a trial that resulted in something other than a guilty verdict.

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