📖 Definitions of "Acquitted"
verb
- 1
To declare or find innocent or not guilty.
- 2
To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.
- 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
To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.
"The orator acquitted himself very poorly."
adjective
- 1
Having been acquitted; having gone through a trial that resulted in something other than a guilty verdict.
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