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as in cleared

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verb

past tense of acquit
1
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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2
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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Recent Examples of acquitted
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Impeached by the Texas House of Representatives in 2023, he was acquitted by the Texas Senate months later. — Tovah Lazaroff, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026 The agent in the case was eventually acquitted of charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter. — Francisco Cantú, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026 He was acquitted at a 2019 retrial, where one of the victims and a co-defendant testified that their earlier statements implicating him had been coerced by a then-homicide detective. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026 After the officers were acquitted, days-long riots broke out in Miami, which brought mass destruction and gained international attention. — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 1 Nov. 2026 He was acquitted in the state Senate and has maintained his innocence. — Matthew Choi, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2026 Although he was acquitted of the most serious charges, a mistrial was declared on voluntary manslaughter in June 2024 and that charge later dismissed, clues have continued to emerge. — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2026 Democrats have targeted Paxton, who is benefiting from millions in outside spending, over corruption claims and his impeachment by the Texas Legislature, though he was later acquitted. — Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026 The shooting has raised questions about police misconduct and a 2019 case in which Lewis was acquitted of murder. — Ross Dimattei, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquitted
  1. cleared
  2. exonerated
  3. behaved
  4. absolved
  5. carried
  6. vindicated
  7. conducted
  8. released
Adjective
  • 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
Verb
  • Police questioned Mountbatten-Windsor for 11 hours before releasing him under investigation, meaning he was neither charged nor exonerated.
    — Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Sumstad’s lawsuit alleges confidential details of the Internal Affairs investigations were leaked to the media without showing that she had been exonerated.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of exonerated
Verb
  • None of them decided what was worth going after, recognized which opening justified the risk, or improvised when a target behaved in a way no playbook anticipated.
    — Jay Kaplan, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Had one of the girls behaved that way, she probably would have been removed from the game.
    — Jonathan Alpert OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of behaved
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • The Kings carried their 1-0 lead deep into the second period.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Some of the armed men and boys who fought police carried semi-automatic weapons and wore body armor, according to the report’s reconstruction.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of carried
Verb
  • But when Rivera heard this year that Michelin had taken away El Califa’s star, he felt vindicated.
    — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Wood was vindicated three years later, when a league investigation revealed the Astros had been cheating in 2017, stealing signs from a television monitor next to the dugout and relaying them to batters by banging on trash cans.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of vindicated
Verb
  • In an October poll conducted by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, co-sponsored by The Times, Bass erased an 11-point gap with Raman.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The rituals were conducted in an effort to restore stability after events such as a famine or drought.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of conducted
Verb
  • Doctors also described various nonhormonal options in the new advice released last month by the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists.
    — Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The identity of the man who died will be released by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office once next of kin have been notified.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2026
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