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acquitted
adjective as in pardoned
Strong matches
- discharged
- excused
- exonerated
- freed
- manumitted
- released
- reprieved
Weak match
adjective as in refunded
Strong matches
Example Sentences
If an accused person is acquitted, courts will still be able to apply protection orders on them if there is sufficient evidence indicating they still pose a risk to someone.
Those later formed the basis of a criminal trial at the end of which he was acquitted of all charges.
He was acquitted of perpetrating a bomb hoax at his army barracks.
“Had there been one case charged and only one, there’s certainly a reasonable possibility that a judge or jury would have acquitted. The problem was one after another.”
Sussmann was acquitted by a jury after only six hours of deliberation.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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