ACQUITTED Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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verb

past tense of acquit

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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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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In the latter half of the 1970s, Montgomery played a victim in A Case of Rape, accused and acquitted murderer Lizzie Borden in The Legend of Lizzie Borden and a pioneer woman in The Awakening Land. — Justine Fisher, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 2026 Among those tried was Anthony (Tony) White; though he had earlier been acquitted of any connection with the robbery, in October 1995 he was found liable, alongside McAvoy and Robinson, for the full £26 million value of the gold. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026 He was accused and convicted in the first trial, then acquitted, only to be charged again — through his associates — with being the Monster of Florence. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026 Jurors also acquitted him of misdemeanor assault on a federal officer. — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026 Gibson was convicted of unlawful gun possession and misdemeanor resisting arrest for not exiting the elevator, but the jury acquitted him of felony resisting arrest. — Senior Editor, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 Saunders was acquitted of six charges involving a third accuser. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 The judge deferred ruling on Rashbaum’s constitutional challenge until after trial, and the issue became moot when the jury acquitted Renaud on all counts. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 Images of an angry and sobbing Brown became the media’s hallmark of grief during the criminal trial, particularly when Simpson was acquitted in 1995. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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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

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Police questioned Mountbatten-Windsor for 11 hours before releasing him under investigation, meaning he was neither charged nor exonerated.

— Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Sumstad’s lawsuit alleges confidential details of the Internal Affairs investigations were leaked to the media without showing that she had been exonerated.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of exonerated

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The vegetables’ changing moisture, texture and shape also meant no two instruments behaved exactly alike.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 5 Oct. 2026
The company has since disclosed several additional incidents where its models behaved in unintended ways, prompting industry researchers and government officials to call for additional oversight.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of behaved

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While the Starling report spotlighted failures under Barr’s watch, Bowman indicated the review absolved his predecessor, Randal Quarles.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
The city of Elk Grove had absolved itself and the street design, and California had collectively accepted the inherent danger of automobiles.

— Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of absolved

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What makes this especially hard for City fans is they have been routinely told that their club would be vindicated.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Although the antifascist left may have been vindicated by history, the widespread association of antifascism with Communism helps explain why Americans, including Roosevelt, came so late to the cause.

— Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of vindicated

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In fact, their 2026 Giving Signals Report, conducted with The Harris Poll, pegged millennials as the most active donor generation right now.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
While at the site, Wyatt conducted a series of tests and eventually claimed that the formation was actually the remains of Noah’s Ark.

— Eric Vanden Eykel, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026

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