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adjective

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
Verb
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
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
  • 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
  • In 2021, he and his brother, Sean Tyler, were both exonerated for the crime after his attorneys successfully argued they were victimized by detectives in Area 1’s homicide bureau working under Burge.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of exonerated
Verb
  • After a team member behaved in a way that contradicted everything an organization claimed to value.
    — Farida Abjani, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Recent incidents involving models that bypassed safeguards or behaved deceptively have added urgency to the safety debate.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 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
  • If the team succeeds, the result could transform a technology normally associated with large laboratory instruments into a compact quantum sensor that can be carried where the threat actually is.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The proposal laid out concrete details aimed at restoring traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, which carried about a fifth of global oil and gas shipments before the war, reviving fragile hopes for a diplomatic off-ramp to the seven-month war.
    — Sam Meredith,Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of carried
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Authorities conducted a traffic stop and arrested him without incident.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
  • That equipment ultimately failed to lure back shoppers and the company conducted another round of layoffs at the beginning of the year.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of conducted
Verb
  • 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
Definition of released

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“Acquitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acquitted. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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