Synonyms:
acquitted, not_guilty
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
But the jury acquitted the prisoner.
He was arrested, tried, and acquitted.
How glad I am that the poor creature was acquitted after that dreadful trial.
But you really do admit the justice of what I have said in his defence?--I am happy--and he is acquitted."
Judge Bristol presided over the District Court, and assigned Ira E. Leonard to defend the "Kid." He was acquitted for the murder of Roberts.
The judges of the field decided that the king of Ireland was acquitted of the charge against him, and they led Tristram in triumph to his tent.
Then, should our labour fail to accomplish the end for which we pray, we shall stand acquitted at the bar of Jehovah, and although we may share in the national calamities which await unrepented sins, yet that blessed approval will be ours--'Well done, good and faithful servants, enter ye into the joy of your Lord.'"