acquit
verb (used with object)
to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare not guilty.
has acquitted
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present perfectof acquit (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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An Ohio jury has acquitted a police officer who in August 2023 shot and killed Ta’Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant Black woman suspected of shoplifting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Now a verdict in the District Court in Moga, Punjab, has acquitted him of conspiracy under the country's anti-terror law and of being a member of a "terrorist gang".
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2025
“The appeal court has acquitted the accused in the case on the grounds of a family settlement and lack of evidence,” Sardar Mehboob, Azeem’s attorney, told The Washington Post on Tuesday.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2022
A jury has acquitted a fired South Carolina police officer of assaulting a Black man during a videotaped 2021 traffic stop the ex-officer later apologized for.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
Overbury certainly died, and presumably by foul means, but modern science has acquitted diamonds of having any share in the crime.
From Stories about Famous Precious Stones by Mrs Goddard Orpen
