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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless;
- Example: "he stands acquitted on all charges"
- Example: "the jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity"
[syn: acquitted, not guilty]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Acquit \Ac*quit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acquitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Acquitting.] [OE. aquiten, OF. aquiter, F. acquitter; ? (L. ad) + OF. quiter, F. quitter, to quit. See Quit, and cf. Acquiet.] 1. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite. [1913 Webster] A responsibility that can never be absolutely acquitted. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions. [1913 Webster] 4. Reflexively: (a) To clear one's self. --Shak. (b) To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly. [1913 Webster] Syn: To absolve; clear; exonerate; exonerate; exculpate; release; discharge. See Absolve. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

acquitted adj 1: declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless; "he stands acquitted on all charges"; "the jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity" [syn: acquitted, not guilty]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "acquitted": absolved, blotted, canceled, condoned, discharged, disregarded, exculpated, excused, exonerated, expended, forgiven, forgotten, hired, indulged, liquidated, overlooked, paid, paid in full, pardoned, postpaid, prepaid, receipted, redeemed, remitted, reprieved, salaried, settled, shriven, spared, spent, unavenged, uncondemned, unresented, unrevenged, waged, wiped away