ACQUITTED Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in cleared

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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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Ernest Medina was acquitted of all charges related to the My Lai massacre after a military court found insufficient evidence to convict him. — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Giridharadas recounts the tale of the subway confrontation between Jordan Neely, a homeless man with mental illness, and the former Marine Daniel Penny, who was acquitted of killing him. — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026 In 1891, 11 Italian immigrants were still jailed in New Orleans after being acquitted of the murder of a local police chief. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026 The case went to trial in June 1893, and Lizzie was acquitted. — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2026 Borden was eventually tried the following June and acquitted of the killings. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026 The defense also wrote that Puig should be acquitted on the charge of lying to federal investigators. — Sam Blum, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Rapper Lil Durk has been acquitted of planning to murder Quando Rondo, the Los Angeles Times reports. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2026 Lindsay Clancy's attorney is pushing for her to be acquitted of triple-murder charges days after a Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial in the case. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 10 Sep. 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

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Studies have shown that Black people, particularly men, are more likely to be wrongfully convicted than white people and also spend more time in prison before being exonerated.

— Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
More than 70 percent of all convictions of people who were exonerated with DNA evidence between 1989 and 2019 were cases of mistaken eyewitness identification.

— Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of exonerated

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For a brief period, however, many Americans behaved as though being part of a society meant participating in it.

— Steven Fulop, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
Our model not only reproduced how bacteria behaved under different nutrient environments, but also revealed where their memory likely resides.

— Shiladitya Banerjee, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of behaved

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While the Starling report spotlighted failures under Barr’s watch, Bowman indicated the review absolved his predecessor, Randal Quarles.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of absolved

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Tesla Tesla will either disappoint millions of fans, or finally be vindicated a little over two weeks from now.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026
That decision has been vindicated by Verbruggen’s performances at club level and his growth into the top goalkeeper for the Netherlands, but there is still a case for Jason Steele to be wearing the gloves in the Conference League this season.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of vindicated

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Democrats hold just a five-percentage-point lead over Republicans about a month and a half out from the 2026 midterm elections, according to a new NBC News poll that was released on Sunday.

— Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026
On New Year’s Eve, Lindsay checked herself into McLean Psychiatric Hospital, where she was treated for depression, and days later released seventeen days before the murder.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

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