acquitted

1. 1.

   declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless

   “he stands acquitted on all charges”

   “the jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity”

   Synonymsnot guilty

   Similarinnocent

Questions about acquitted

What does acquitted mean?

acquitted means "declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless".

How many syllables are in acquitted?

acquitted has 3 syllables: acq-uit-ted. The stress falls on "uit". In IPA it is /əˈkwɪtɪd/.

What is another word for acquitted?

Close synonyms include not guilty. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is acquitted a common word?

acquitted is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.