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View definitions for acquit

acquit

verb as in announce removal of blame

verb as in behave some way

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If Arseny really was innocent, they argue, the court would have acquitted him.

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He was previously tried by a Kentucky state jury in March 2022, and acquitted on three counts of felony wanton endangerment.

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Rwamucyo - who was acquitted of charges of genocide and crimes against humanity - has denied any wrongdoing.

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A second defendant - Elijah Seriki, 21, from Hackney - was acquitted of threatening another with a knife, affray, possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life and having an article with a blade or point.

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A man has been acquitted of stirring up racial hatred in a series of social media posts shared before and after the Southport killings.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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