acquitverb
uk/əˈkwɪt/us/əˈkwɪt/-tt-[ T often passive ] to decide officially in a law court that someone is not guilty of a particular crime:
She was acquitted of all the charges against her.
Five months ago he was acquitted on a shoplifting charge.
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convict verb
acquit yourself formal
to do better than expected in a difficult situation:
I thought that he acquitted himself admirably in today's meeting.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Innocent
- accuse
- acquittal
- be above/beyond reproach idiom
- be in the clear idiom
- beat
- beat the rap idiom
- blameless
- clear
- culpable
- exculpate
- exonerate
- guiltless
- guilty
- innocence
- reproach
- responsibility
- responsible
- sin 1
- squeaky-clean
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Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling