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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
The move was reminiscent of another high-profile Massachusetts murder trial that recently captured headlines, when Karen Read was acquitted of the top charge during her 2025 retrial. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Jurors acquitted him of first-degree murder, court records show. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 31 July 2026 Court records show she was acquitted on another count of the same and sentenced to a year of supervised probation and 200 hours of community service. — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 31 July 2026 In January 2001, Fhimah was acquitted due to a lack of evidence. — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026 Hatfield went to trial for his involvement in the shoot-out and was acquitted in March 1921 by a jury. — Elijah Tanall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026 Given this, the Court of Appeal last week acquitted Klayme on all charges. — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026 The same jury acquitted him of the more serious charge of conspiracy to commit economic espionage. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 July 2026 But Misiorowski pitched in the All-Star Game and acquitted himself well, throwing a scoreless inning. — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 15 July 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
  • Newly exonerated, he's treated in some corners as a folk hero.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026
  • After Angela was arrested in January 2017 and pleaded guilty to all charges, Hadley was exonerated.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
Definition of exonerated
Verb
  • Waiting for VivaTech Paris to open its doors while my MacBook quietly behaved like a private intelligence agency.
    — Edward Morris, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • In 2024 hundreds of community scientists participated in Hartstone-Rose’s research project, making note of how animals around them behaved during the solar eclipse—from pets to farm animals to wild creatures.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
Definition of behaved
Verb
  • That has not always been guaranteed during his time in the Spanish capital, as he has often been absolved of defensive responsibility to maximise his attacking threat.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 27 July 2026
  • Three times in recent months, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has absolved military aviators caught on camera busting flight regulations.
    — Brynn Tannehill, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
Definition of absolved
Verb
  • Ionescu was held scoreless in the second quarter as the home team turned its defensive intensity up a notch and carried a 56-53 lead into the locker room thanks to Burrell’s 13 points and Brink’s 11.
    — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • Further, they will be carried by ships to other parts of the world when normalcy in maritime trade resumes.
    — Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
Definition of carried
Verb
  • The two newspapers were briefly silenced by the White House, which persuaded the courts to order them to cease releasing the documents, and then were vindicated when the Supreme Court barred the government from restraining publication.
    — Heather Hendershot, The Conversation, 31 July 2026
  • Continue reading … ‘TIP OF THE ICEBERG’ — GOP says years of noncitizen voter warnings vindicated as scandal explodes.
    — , FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of vindicated
Verb
  • Citizen tips and information from Airway Heights police officers and Spokane County sheriff’s deputies who responded to the initial call and conducted evacuations helped lead investigators to Farinacci, the sheriff’s office said.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Earlier tests establish technical foundation The fabrication program follows accelerated irradiation tests conducted at Idaho National Laboratory’s Advanced Test Reactor in the United States.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of conducted
Verb
  • Hur, following his investigation into Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, released a lengthy report in February 2024 that concluded no criminal charges were warranted against Biden.
    — Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • Under Georgia law, a judge can decide whether a defendant serves that sentence in prison or on probation, so Colin Gray could be released Thursday.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
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