Acquitted

Definition: Acquitted

Acquitted

Adjective

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".

Date "acquitted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Synonym: Acquitted

Synonym: not guilty (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Acquittal	Adjective: acquitted; Verb: uncondemned, unpunished, unchastised.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Acquitted

English words defined with "acquitted": Andrew Johnson ♦ get off ♦ Johnson ♦ not guilty ♦ President Andrew Johnson, President Johnson. (references)

Specialty definitions using "acquitted": Acquit ♦ From ♦ Kinless Loons ♦ Of ♦ Performers ♦ technicality. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Claus von B�low was given a second trial, and acquitted on both counts. (Reversal of Fortune; writing credit: Nicholas Kazan) Why, I've known cases of an acquitted man coming home from the court and finding the cops waiting there to arrest him all over again. (Procès, Le; writing credit: Orson Welles)
Lyrics	Acquitted my Aunt Hortense, ("Smut"; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)
Movie/TV Titles	Acquitted (1929)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Stage Acquitted Being a Full Answer to Mister Collier (reference) The jury at work: a study of a series of jury trials in which the defendant was acquitted (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Press room set up in a courthouse basement at Manchester, N.H., during the trial of Hermann N. Sandfer, a physician, who was acquitted on March 9, 1950 of the "mercy killing" of a cancer patient.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Publilius Syrus	The judge is condemned when the criminal is acquitted.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	The event acquitted her of all the fancifulness, and all the selfishness of imaginary complaints.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Children	Kenya	The authorities investigated the allegations and charged one teacher; however, in May 2000, he was acquitted for lack of evidence. (references)
	India	In the 12 years since the southern state of Maharashtra passed a law banning the use of such tests for sex determination, the state government only filed charges against only one doctor, who was acquitted. (references)
Civil Liberties	Kazakhstan	Asanov was acquitted of charges. (references)
Economic History	Libya	One of these suspects, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, was found guilty; the other was acquitted. (references)
	Russia	There are indications that the law is becoming an increasingly important tool for those seeking to protect human rights; after a lengthy trial and eight separate indictments, environmental whistleblower Alexander Nikitin was acquitted of espionage charges relating to publication of material exposing hazards posed by the Russian Navy's aging nuclear fleet earlier this year. (references)
Human Rights	Bangladesh	Three persons were acquitted. (references)
Indigenous People	Malaysia	The High Court in Miri, Sarawak acquitted four of the men, but one 75-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years in prison. (references)
Minorities	Brazil	Adorno analyzed 500 criminal cases judged in Sao Paulo courts in 1990 and found that 60 percent of whites able to afford their own lawyers were acquitted, while only 27 percent of blacks who hired lawyers were found not guilty. (references)
	Czech Republic	Legal actions against the 12 persons arrested in February 1999 for distributing racist, Fascist, and anti-Semitic materials concluded during the year: 8 of the 12 defendants were prosecuted; 4 were convicted; and 4 were acquitted. (references)
Political Economy	Iran	Three others were acquitted. (references)
	China	Nonetheless, the percentage of persons acquitted in criminal trials continued to grow and the Government took measures to make legal representation more affordable for the poor. (references)
	Egypt	On February 5, a court acquitted 92 of 96 defendants of crimes, including murder, allegedly committed during January 2000 violence in the village of al-Kush, in which 21 Christians and 1 Muslim were killed. (references)
Political Rights	Kuwait	Four of those arrested received nominal fines, had their cases postponed, or were acquitted. (references)
	Turkey	On December 12, the Ankara SSC acquitted Demir and 15 administrators on the charge of making propaganda against the indivisibility of the state. (references)
Women	Pakistan	According to AI, men accused of rape sometimes are acquitted and released, while their victims are held on adultery charges. (references)
Worker Rights	Guatemala	All were acquitted of aggravated trespass, the third charge lodged against them. (references)
	Burkina Faso	Although ultimately acquitted for lack of evidence, in April a court tried an accused child trafficker for the first time. (references)
	Zambia	When incidents have been alleged, the Government has investigated them and, in one case, tried an accused trafficker who was acquitted. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	TECHNICALITY, n. In an English court a man named Home was tried for slander in having accused his neighbor of murder. His exact words were: "Sir Thomas Holt hath taken a cleaver and stricken his cook upon the head, so that one side of the head fell upon one shoulder and the other side upon the other shoulder." The defendant was acquitted by instruction of the court, the learned judges holding that the words did not charge murder, for they did not affirm the death of the cook, that being only an inference.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Acquitted" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 67.01% of the time. "Acquitted" is used about 294 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)	67.01%	197	21,803
Lexical Verb (past tense)	30.27%	89	34,931
Adjective (general or positive)	2.04%	6	143,867
Noun (proper)	0.34%	1	339,140
Noun (common)	0.34%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	294	N/A

Expressions using "acquitted": acquitted in default of proof of guilt ♦ be acquitted ♦ be acquitted of. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "acquitted"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		falem (be acquitted of, be given, be switched off, greet, pray, supplicate, thank, worship). (various references)

Chinese		赦免 (Absolution, Absolve, Absolved, Absolving, Acquit, Acquitting, Amnestied, Amnestying, Clemency, Condone, Condoned, Condoning). (various references)

Dutch		vrijgesproken in beroep (acquitted on appeal), in tweede instantie vrijgesproken (acquitted on appeal). (various references)

Finnish		toisessa oikeusasteessa vapautettu (acquitted on appeal). (various references)

French		acquittés, acquittées, acquittèrent, acquitta. (various references)

German		sprach frei (absolved), freigesprochen (absolved). (various references)

Greek		τον βγάλανε λάδι (he was acquitted). (various references)

Hebrew		צ�"יק (innocent, just, pious, right, righteous, upright). (various references)

Hungarian		férfiasan viselkedett (he acquitted himself well), derekasan viselkedett (he acquitted himself well). (various references)

Indonesian		membebaskan (absolve, acquit, divest, emancipate, enfranchise, free, set free). (various references)

Italian		esser assolto in seconda istanza (acquitted on appeal), esser assolto in appello (acquitted on appeal). (various references)

Pig Latin		acquitteday

Portuguese		absolvido (free). (various references)

Spanish		pagado (disburses, discharged, paid, prepaid). (various references)

Swedish		frikänd i brist på bevis (acquitted in default of proof of guilt), frikänd i andra instans (acquitted on appeal). (various references)

Turkish		aklanmak (be acquitted), beraat etmek (be acquitted, beat the rap). (various references)

Ukranian		виправданий (exonerate, justified, legitimate), звільнений (disengaged, emancipated, enlarged, free, liberated, released). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Acquitted" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acquinted, acquite, acquited, aquitted, equitted, Mcquitty. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "acquitted" (pronounced ukwi"tud)
5	-w i" t u d	witted.
4	-i" t u d	admitted, committed, emitted, fitted, knitted, omitted, permitted, pitted, readmitted, refitted, remitted, resubmitted, submitted, transmitted, uncommitted.
3	-t u d	abated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, abetted, aborted, abrogated, abstracted, abutted, accelerated, accented, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, accosted, accounted, accredited, accumulated, acquainted, acted, activated, adapted, addicted, adjudicated, adjusted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affected, affiliated, afflicted, affronted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amounted, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, annotated, anted, anticipated, antiquated, appointed, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, arrested, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, assisted, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, authenticated, automated, averted, awaited, backdated, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bifurcated, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collaborated, collected, comforted, commemorated, commented, communicated, commuted, compacted, compensated, competed, complemented, completed, complicated, complimented, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, concocted, conducted, confiscated, conflicted, confronted, congested, congratulated, congregated, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consecrated, consented, consisted, consolidated, constipated, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, consummated, contacted, contaminated, contemplated, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crenelated, crested, crusted, culminated, cultivated, darted, dated, daunted, deactivated, debated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, degenerated, dehydrated, dejected, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delighted, delineated, delisted, demented, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desecrated, desegregated, deserted, designated, destructed, detected, deteriorated, detested, detonated, detracted, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, digested, dilapidated, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, discounted, discredited, discriminated, disenchanted, disgusted, disintegrated, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, disseminated, dissented, dissipated, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, dusted, edited, educated, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emulated, enacted, encapsulated, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, enumerated, enunciated, equated, eradicated, erected, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, evicted, eviscerated, exacerbated, exacted, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excited, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, existed, exited, exonerated, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extracted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, federated, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fixated, flabbergasted, flagellated, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, formulated, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, frustrated, gated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, granted, grated, gravitated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, humiliated, hunted, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, ignited, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impacted, imparted, impersonated, implanted, implemented, implicated, imported, impregnated, imprinted, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incited, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indicted, indited, indoctrinated, inducted, infatuated, infected, infested, infiltrated, inflated, inflected, inflicted, infuriated, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, injected, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instigated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, integrated, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, interpolated, interpreted, interrelated, interrogated, interrupted, intersected, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, invented, inverted, invested, investigated, invigorated, invited, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, laminated, lasted, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, listed, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, mandated, manifested, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masted, masturbated, mated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, minted, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, mitigated, moderated, modulated, molested, motivated, mounted, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, negated, neglected, negotiated, nested, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, objected, obligated, obliterated, obstructed, officiated, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, oriented, originated, ornamented, ousted, outdated, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overestimated, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overregulated, overrepresented, overstated, overweighted, oxygenated, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, participated, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perfected, perforated, permeated, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, precipitated, predated, predicated, predicted, predominated, preempted, preexisted, prefabricated, premeditated, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, projected, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, reactivated, readjusted, reallocated, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, recanted, reciprocated, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recreated, recruited, redacted, redecorated, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, reevaluated, reflected, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regimented, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reignited, reincarnated, reinstated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvigorated, reinvited, reiterated, rejected, rejuvenated, related, relegated, relented, relocated, remarketed, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, rented, repainted, repatriated, repeated, repented, replanted, replicated, reported, represented, reprinted, repudiated, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resonated, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resulted, resurrected, resuscitated, retaliated, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rusted, rutted, sainted, salivated, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, saturated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, segregated, selected, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, simulated, sited, situated, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stated, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, subjugated, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suffocated, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, terminated, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, titillated, toasted, tolerated, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unadulterated, unaffected, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconnected, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underestimated, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, understated, undetected, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unincorporated, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmitigated, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unregulated, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unstated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, venerated, vented, ventilated, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, worsted, wrested.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-q-t-t-u"
	-2 letters: dictate, quitted.
	-3 letters: acquit, caique, catted, cattie, dautie, diquat, tauted.
	-4 letters: acted, acute, adieu, attic, audit, cadet, cited, cutie, dicta, ducat, edict, educt, equid, quate, quiet, quite, tacet, tacit, tecta.
	-5 letters: aced, acid, adit, aide, cade, cadi, caid, cate, cedi, cite, cued, cute, dace, date, daut, dice, diet, dita, dite, duce, duci, duct, duet, duit, edit, etic, etui, iced, idea, qaid, quad, quai, quid, quit, tace, tact, tate, taut, teat, tide, tied.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-i-q-t-t-u"
	+5 letters: quintuplicated.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.