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verb

present participle of acquit
1
as in clearing
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 behaving
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 acquitting
Verb
By acquitting Fisher, the council members had inadvertently exonerated Metze. — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 Eleven gullible idiots were talked into acquitting because of an imaginary female ailment. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026 Judges found Thaci and three former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders responsible for arbitrary detention, torture, cruel treatment and 96 murders of civilians, while acquitting them on six charges of crimes against humanity. — Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Jurors at his 2025 murder trial deliberated for weeks before acquitting him on one murder count and failing to reach a verdict on another murder count. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026 The verdict was handed down on Monday acquitting Pino, 55, who was charged with second-degree manslaughter and vessel homicide for the crash that killed 17-year-old Lucy Fernandez and left another teen, Katy Puig, now 21, with life-changing injuries, according to NBC 6. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026 Marc Agnifilo, one of Weinstein’s defense attorneys, told reporters the final juror tally was 9-3 in favor of acquitting his client. — Adam Reiss, NBC news, 15 May 2026 The 2025 jury deliberated for more than 20 hours before ultimately acquitting the former Bentley College lecturer and equity researcher at Fidelity Investments on all charges save for drunken driving. — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026 Soon after, Dead & Company, with John Mayer acquitting himself in the Garcia role better than anyone would have thought, set sail. — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquitting
  1. exculpatory
  2. clearing
  3. behaving
  4. exonerating
  5. carrying
  6. vindicating
  7. restraining
  8. absolving
Adjective
  • Key witness testimonies changed over time, the court excluded significant exculpatory evidence and judicial rulings skewed the jury’s view of the evidence against Masterson, his lawyers alleged at the time.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • However, even after an officer is taken off the list, prosecutors still maintain those potentially exculpatory records.
    — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of exculpatory
Verb
  • But Hanmer at the University of Maryland doesn't see Montana's law clearing legal hurdles.
    — Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Crews were busy clearing storm drains on Monday in order to help water drain faster.
    — Larry Seward, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of clearing
Verb
  • Why 2026 is different Nonetheless, analysts CNBC spoke to broadly agreed that reforms meant that even if the market is behaving in similar ways to the post-financial crisis period, the contagion risk remained limited this time around.
    — Jenni Reid,Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Congress should hold hearings focused on companies cutting corners, not AI programs behaving badly.
    — David Litt, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of behaving
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  • One day later, the agency suddenly reversed its decision, announcing that its test results were a false positive, seemingly exonerating Taylor Farms.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 22 July 2026
  • This evidence is considered among the most important to both sides, potentially either dooming OpenAI as an infringer or exonerating its chatbot technology as a transformative fair use of news sites’ content.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026
Definition of exonerating
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  • Any legislators carrying such a bill would need to convince their colleagues in multiple parts of the state where Hollywood has less sway of the wisdom of such a move.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Firearms cannot be brought into polling places located inside private property that forbids them, a school, a courthouse or any other location where Pennsylvania law prohibits carrying firearms.
    — Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of carrying
Verb
  • Fashion history has a funny way of vindicating the people brave enough to look ridiculous.
    — Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026
  • But Pinaki Chakravorty, the defense lawyer who represented Alonzo, said ballistics tests to the firearm were what ended up vindicating his client.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of vindicating
Verb
  • Some food employees working with open food are wearing visors which are not effectively restraining their hair.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Raising retirement ages and restraining entitlement growth make the debt more manageable.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of restraining
Verb
  • But that also eradicates a crucial option - to mount a show trial and scapegoat him for all the ills of his rule, thus absolving others.
    — Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Compared to the absolving gleam of latex, sloppy imperfection isn’t especially sexy.
    — Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
Definition of absolving

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