acquitted

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
verb behave in a certain manner
adjective declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless

The Territorial Delegate had been taken in a group with his acquitted thieves. — Red Men and White, Owen Wister
If he lives through the contest he is held acquitted of the charge that forced the sentence of the rites, as it is called, upon him. — The gods of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Her new pen flew over the sheets of foolscap, and if she was too nervous to do herself full justice she at least acquitted herself with credit. — The Youngest Girl in the Fifth: A School Story, Angela Brazil

acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate

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