acquitted

[ uh-kwit-id ]

adjective

1. having been declared not guilty of a crime:

   The mayor extended condolences to the victim’s family, but also expressed empathy for the acquitted officers.

noun

1. Usually the acquitted. a person or persons who have been declared not guilty of a crime:

   None of the acquitted received any kind of compensation or redress.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of acquit ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·ac·quit·ted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of acquitted¹

acquit + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

After he was acquitted, he felt the weight of how easily the false accusation could have destroyed him, if not for the skill of his attorney.

From Washington Post

Courts sentenced the getaway driver to 30 years in prison, charged but have not arrested the alleged gunman and acquitted two other suspects.

From Fortune

He was acquitted in a bench trial, before a judge and not a jury, according to a news story.

From ProPublica

She did not support Obamacare repeal, though she voted to acquit the president in his Senate trial and voted to confirm his Supreme Court nominees.

From FiveThirtyEight

For example, the House impeached Presidents Andrew Johnson and Clinton, but both were acquitted by the Senate.

From TruthBeTold.news

Of course, this does not mean that Elonis will be acquitted.

From The Daily Beast

Both spent four years in prison before a court acquitted them in 2011 after evidence was thrown into doubt by independent experts.

From The Daily Beast

After 90 minutes of deliberation, the jury found that the evidence was insufficient and acquitted Lizzie.

From The Daily Beast

Later that year, he was also tried for tax evasion, and was ultimately acquitted in both cases.

From The Daily Beast

The woman was acquitted of perjury, which could have landed the mother of three 15 years in jail.

From The Daily Beast

In harmony with a fundamental rule of law, a member who has once been acquitted cannot be tried again for the same offense.

From Project Gutenberg

John Smith was later charged with sedition, acquitted, and finally restored to his rightful council position.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1819 he acquitted himself most creditably of a mission entrusted to him by that young man.

From Project Gutenberg

Although the trial involved many political entanglements, Burr was finally acquitted.

From Project Gutenberg

He had dealings with the brigands and was arrested in the suit of the Chauffeurs of Mortagne, in 1809, but acquitted.

From Project Gutenberg