acquitted

[uh-kwit-id]

adjective

1. having been declared not guilty of a crime.

   The mayor extended condolences to the victim’s family, but also expressed empathy for the acquitted officers.

noun

1. Usually the acquitted a person or persons who have been declared not guilty of a crime.

   None of the acquitted received any kind of compensation or redress.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of acquit.

Other Word Forms

• unacquitted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of acquitted¹

acquit + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Despite later boasting about killing her he appeared to have got away with murder, protected by the double jeopardy law which prevented someone being re-prosecuted for a crime they had been acquitted of.

From BBC

A Bangkok court has acquitted controversial billionaire and former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was accused of insulting the monarchy.

From BBC

But he was acquitted on Wednesday when the Crown dropped the case.

From BBC

During “Southern Man,” Micah Nelson walked over to an old, battered upright piano and admirably acquitted himself in the shading and spirit of Nils Lofgren’s work on the original.

From Salon

According to The Sun, Jackson spent time at Grouse Lodge Studios, County Westmeath, in 2006 after being acquitted of child abuse allegations.

From BBC