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not guiltynoun(law) A verdict or formal finding by the legal system that a defendant is not culpable for the crime with which the defendant was charged.
clean-handed(chiefly UK) Innocent and candid; free from corruption.
innocentnounFree from guilt, sin, or immorality.
guiltlessFree from guilt; innocent.
clearingnounThe act or process of making or becoming clear.
exoneratingverb(transitive) To free (someone) from accusation or blame.
payingnounpayment
convictingverb(transitive, law) To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.
indictingverbTo accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
remandingverbTo send a prisoner back to custody.
absolvedverbThat has been cleared from a sin or an offence.
arraigningverbAn arraignment.
implicatingverb(transitive, usually with in) To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
dismissingverbDismissive.
murderingverbThe act of committing murder.
exculpatedverbfreed from any question of guilt
impleadingverb(law) to sue in court, raise an action against a defendant
overrulingverbThe situation where something is overruled.
prosecutingverb(transitive, law) To start criminal proceedings against.
reprievingverb(transitive) To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.

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