ACQUITTED Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

acquitted 1 of 2

adjective

as in cleared

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acquitted

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verb

past tense of acquit

as in exonerated

to free from a charge of wrongdoing acquitted of the robbery charge after proving he was nowhere near the scene of the crime

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as in behaved

to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way the king promised handsome rewards to all who acquitted themselves well in the battle

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Prosecutors opted to retry Read, and she was acquitted of the most serious charges, second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death, in June 2025. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 Rogers was acquitted at trial of the more serious charge of conspiracy to commit economic espionage. — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026 The tribunal convicted one official and acquitted the other, but the bombmaker's possible identity remained a mystery for years. — CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 He was acquitted in 2020, but was swiftly rearrested on charges linking him to Turkey’s 2016 coup attempt. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 The tribunal convicted one official and acquitted the other, but the bombmaker’s possible identity remained a mystery for years. — Michael Kunzelman, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 The trailer also promises to touch on how then-contemporary thoughts of women as too innocent to murder helped Lizzie get acquitted, and teases the incorporation of other stories of female killers throughout history. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026 He was booked on child molestation charges in 2003, but acquitted on criminal counts. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026 Just weeks after Lizzie was acquitted, the sisters bought a mansion called Maplecroft. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

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Not all pads are alike, but a footprint on the larger side involves five to ten acres of cleared, packed ground that serves as the hub for drilling equipment, which can include wellheads, pump jacks, tanks, wastewater storage pits, trailers, and flare stacks.

— Alex Heard, Outside, 4 Mar. 2026
What counts as a cleared sidewalk?

— Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 1 Dec. 2025

Definition of cleared

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Crime, courts and policing A man falsely imprisoned for 18 years was exonerated of an Orange County robbery.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Most famously, Iwao Hakamada spent decades on death row over a 1966 quadruple murder before being released in 2014 and fully exonerated in 2024 at the age of 88.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of exonerated

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The city of Elk Grove had absolved itself and the street design, and California had collectively accepted the inherent danger of automobiles.

— Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
That has not always been guaranteed during his time in the Spanish capital, as he has often been absolved of defensive responsibility to maximise his attacking threat.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 27 July 2026

Definition of absolved

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Several heavy explosions shook Kuhestak, with fireballs that lighted up the night sky, according to security camera recordings carried by the semiofficial news agency Fars.

— David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The ideas that traveled furthest were carried by story rather than analysis.

— Bryan Adams, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of carried

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani said an internal investigation will be conducted and that the body-camera footage will be released to the public.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Mamdani applauded police for stopping the attack but said an internal investigation would be conducted.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of conducted

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The voyage produced a 24 percent reduction in fuel consumption, according to measurements released by the maritime energy company.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
After being sedated, the bobcat was later released near Forbes Creek, close to the natural habitat where it was found, police said.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

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