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adjective

as in cleared

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verb

past tense of acquit
1
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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2
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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Recent Examples of acquitted
Verb
Democrats have targeted Paxton, who is benefiting from millions in outside spending, over corruption claims and his impeachment by the Texas Legislature, though he was later acquitted. — Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026 Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner earlier in October said that Lewis was acquitted in a previous murder case, blaming police misconduct for the outcome. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 The shooting has raised questions about police misconduct and a 2019 case in which Lewis was acquitted of murder. — Ross Dimattei, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 The state Senate acquitted Paxton, and the Justice Department declined to pursue criminal charges. — Matthew Choi, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026 However, he was acquitted of the more serious capital murder charge, as well as manslaughter. — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2026 Gates resigned in 1992 amid a groundswell of criticism over police abuse and his slow response to the riots that broke out in April of that year after four police officers were acquitted on charges of severely beating King, a Black motorist. — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 16 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acquitted
  1. cleared
  2. exonerated
  3. behaved
  4. absolved
  5. carried
  6. vindicated
  7. conducted
  8. released
Adjective
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Had one of the girls behaved that way, she probably would have been removed from the game.
    — Jonathan Alpert OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The vegetables’ changing moisture, texture and shape also meant no two instruments behaved exactly alike.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of behaved
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • During captive-carry testing, engineers can assess equipment carried by an aircraft before proceeding to more demanding flight demonstrations.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The starting five that carried Atlanta to the playoffs last season — Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Dyson Daniels, Jalen Johnson, CJ McCollum and Onyeka Okongwu — returns.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of carried
Verb
  • Either the buyers who have taken it up to new highs will be right or Wall Street's sell-side will be vindicated.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of vindicated
Verb
  • Shortly after the vote, City Councilmember Nithya Raman, Bass’ rival for mayor, appeared with city Controller Kenneth Mejia in front of the downtown DWP building to reiterate her own call for an audit — one conducted by the controller’s office.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Other recent polls conducted by SurveyUSA, TrueDot and ActiVote have found Becerra leads by at least 20 points.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of conducted
Verb
  • For the tinkering types, Meta also released open weights for Muse’s code to help people connect it to a range of other devices.
    — Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Although officials have not released details about the cause of death, scientists agree that if it was caused by ordinary plague, the wider world has little to worry about.
    — Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of released

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