convictverb

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

not responsible for doing something bad or wrong
innocentI don't know if they are innocent or guilty.
blamelessShe is not entirely blameless in the matter.
guiltlessHe's not exactly guiltless in this matter - she helped the robber escape.
acquittedThe two men were acquitted of her murder.
exoneratedThe exonerated prisoners banded together and sued the judge who had falsely convicted all of them.
 acquit yourselfformal
to do better than expected in a difficult situation: （在困难的情况下）表现出色
I thought that he acquitted himself admirably in today's meeting.我认为他在今天会议上的表现非常不错。
If Holmes acquits herself well in today's race, she may earn a place in the national team.
The three starting forwards acquitted themselves quite well in last night's game.
We're not sure how our student actors will acquit themselves.
I found the event a struggle and I didn't acquit myself particularly well.
His troops acquitted themselves well in the battle.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Innocent
acquit someone of something
acquittal
be above/beyond reproachidiom
be in the clearidiom
beat the rapidiom
cleared
come up/out smelling of rosesidiom
culpability
culpably
exculpate
guiltless
guiltlessly
inculpable
innocence
innocency
reproach
self-exculpation
sinless
sinlessly
squeaky-clean

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Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling

acquit | American Dictionary

acquit
verb[ T ]
us/əˈkwɪt/-tt-

acquitverb[T] (DECIDE NOT GUILTY)

to decide officially in a court of law that someone is not guilty of a particular crime:
She was acquitted.
The jury acquitted him.

acquitverb[T] (PERFORM)

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to cause yourself to perform or behave in the stated way:
She acquitted herself well, finishing second.

Examples of acquit

acquit
Of the eleven, two had not been brought to trial, six were acquitted, and the remainder's case was deemed a mistrial.
Two members of the group were acquitted for lack of evidence.
Jurors showed their skepticism again in an early 1905 case by acquitting a defendant who had fingerprint evidence against him.
The burden then falls on the petitioner to show that "no reasonable cause" exists to believe that she committed the crime of which she has just been acquitted. 29.
Thus, he should be acquitted.
Indeed, each juror may in turn be held by his fellows to give his reasons for acquitting, though the better rule would seem to require these for convicting.
As it stands, the criminal law acquits defendants who, having attempted but not completed a crime, voluntarily change course, renounce their criminal purpose, and "abandon" the crime.
Then the wealthy or more powerful would not be acquitted or be given a less harsh sentence even when they committed the same crime as the poorer or weaker man.
Two able seamen were acquitted of these charges, but found guilty of absence from their place of duty.
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