Meaning of "acquitted" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF ACQUITTED

acquitted

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACQUITTED

Acquitted is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb acquitted in English.

WHAT DOES ACQUITTED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Acquittal

In the common law tradition, an acquittal formally certifies that the accused is free from the charge of an offense, as far as the criminal law is concerned. This is so even where the prosecution is abandoned nolle prosequi. The finality of an acquittal is dependent on the jurisdiction. In some countries, such as the United States, under the rules of double jeopardy and autrefois acquit, an acquittal operates to bar the retrial of the accused for the same offense, even if new evidence surfaces that further implicates the accused. The effect of an acquittal on criminal proceedings is the same whether it results from a jury verdict, or whether it results from the operation of some other rule that discharges the accused. In other countries, the prosecuting authority may appeal an acquittal similar to how a defendant may appeal a conviction.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ACQUITTED

PRESENT

Present

I acquit

you acquit

he/she/it acquits

we acquit

you acquit

they acquit

Present continuous

I am acquitting

you are acquitting

he/she/it is acquitting

we are acquitting

you are acquitting

they are acquitting

Present perfect

I have acquitted

you have acquitted

he/she/it has acquitted

we have acquitted

you have acquitted

they have acquitted

Present perfect continuous

I have been acquitting

you have been acquitting

he/she/it has been acquitting

we have been acquitting

you have been acquitting

they have been acquitting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I acquitted

you acquitted

he/she/it acquitted

we acquitted

you acquitted

they acquitted

Past continuous

I was acquitting

you were acquitting

he/she/it was acquitting

we were acquitting

you were acquitting

they were acquitting

Past perfect

I had acquitted

you had acquitted

he/she/it had acquitted

we had acquitted

you had acquitted

they had acquitted

Past perfect continuous

I had been acquitting

you had been acquitting

he/she/it had been acquitting

we had been acquitting

you had been acquitting

they had been acquitting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will acquit

you will acquit

he/she/it will acquit

we will acquit

you will acquit

they will acquit

Future continuous

I will be acquitting

you will be acquitting

he/she/it will be acquitting

we will be acquitting

you will be acquitting

they will be acquitting

Future perfect

I will have acquitted

you will have acquitted

he/she/it will have acquitted

we will have acquitted

you will have acquitted

they will have acquitted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been acquitting

you will have been acquitting

he/she/it will have been acquitting

we will have been acquitting

you will have been acquitting

they will have been acquitting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would acquitted

you would acquitted

he/she/it would acquitted

we would acquitted

you would acquitted

they would acquitted

Conditional continuous

I would be acquitting

you would be acquitting

he/she/it would be acquitting

we would be acquitting

you would be acquitting

they would be acquitting

Conditional perfect

I would have acquitted

you would have acquitted

he/she/it would have acquitted

we would have acquitted

you would have acquitted

they would have acquitted

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been acquitting

you would have been acquitting

he/she/it would have been acquitting

we would have been acquitting

you would have been acquitting

they would have been acquitting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you acquit
we let´s acquit
you acquit

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to acquit

Past participle

acquitted

Present Participle

acquitting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ACQUITTED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «acquitted» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of acquitted

absolve · clear · deliver · discharge · exculpate · excuse · exonerate · free · liberate · pay · pay off · release · relieve · repay · satisfy · settle · vindicate

TRANSLATION OF ACQUITTED

Find out the translation of acquitted to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of acquitted from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «acquitted» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 无罪释放
• Translator English - Spanish: absuelto
• English: acquitted
• Translator English - Hindi: बरी
• Translator English - Arabic: برأت
• Translator English - Russian: оправдан
• Translator English - Portuguese: absolvidos
• Translator English - Bengali: খালাসী
• Translator English - French: acquitté
• Translator English - Malay: Dibebaskan
• Translator English - German: freigesprochen
• Translator English - Japanese: 無罪
• Translator English - Korean: 무죄
• Translator English - Javanese: Acquitted
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tha bổng
• Translator English - Tamil: விடுதலை
• Translator English - Marathi: निर्दोष
• Translator English - Turkish: beraat
• Translator English - Italian: assolto
• Translator English - Polish: uniewinniony
• Translator English - Ukrainian: виправданий
• Translator English - Romanian: achitat
• Translator English - Greek: αθωώθηκε
• Translator English - Afrikaans: vrygespreek
• Translator English - Swedish: friades
• Translator English - Norwegian: frikjent

4 QUOTES WITH «ACQUITTED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word acquitted.

1

Alafair Burke

Before we condemn the jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman, we should remember that they were asked to do something extraordinary. They were asked to listen to the facts and apply the law to the best of their ability in a case the world was watching.

2

Juvenal

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.

3

Livy

It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.

4

Publilius Syrus

The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACQUITTED»

Discover the use of acquitted in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to acquitted and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Not Guilty: Are the Acquitted Innocent?

Not Guilty provides a sustained examination and analysis of the factors that lead juries to find defendants “not guilty,” as well as the connection between those factors and the possibility of factual innocence, examining why some ...

Daniel Givelber, Amy Farrell, 2012

The Acquitted

Some killed for revenge and survival in battle, others out of malevolence. This is a story about redemption for some and continuation for others.

K. C. Mace, 2005

John Thelwall: radical romantic and acquitted felon

This collection draws together a range of essays from leading 18th-century and Romantic scholars.

Steve Poole, 2009

By Love Acquitted

Not much, anyway.

Yvonne Lehman, 2012

Julius Caesar Acquitted, and His Murderers Condemn'd: In a ...

In a Letter to a Friend, Shewing, that it was Not Caesar who Destroy'd the Roman Liberties, But the Corruptions of the Romans Themselves. Occasion'd by Two Letters in the London Journal ... To which is Added, a Second Letter, Shewing, that ...

John Dennis, 1722

Genuine Methodism acquitted, and spurious Methodism ...

PREFACE. %/^JBOVT a year ago, Mr. Cooke published two sermons, on Justification by Faith, and the Witness of the Spirit, to which it was objected that they were unscriptural and un- methodistical. TVhen he persisted in maintaining the ...

Edward Wesley Hare, Joseph Cooke (dissenting minister.), 1807

The Devil's Dominion: Magic and Religion in Early New England

Name Mary Black Mary Bradbury Mary Bridges, Sr. Mary Bridges,. Verdict acquitted? acquitted convicted acquitted acquitted acquitted? acquitted? acquitted acquitted acquitted acquitted [acquitted?) convicted acquitted escaped convicted I ...

Richard Godbeer, 1994

Democracy's Blameless Leaders: From Dresden to Abu Ghraib, ...

MAIN OUTCOME charges dropped or acquitted charges dropped or acquitted charges dropped or acquitted  months  months  years  months charges dropped or acquitted charges dropped or acquitted charges dropped or acquitted  ...

Neil James Mitchell, 2012

A Brief Account, Together with Observations, Made During a ...

11, 6 convicted, 5 acquitted, Extortion 1 acquitted ; for enticing soldiers to desert 5 , 3 convicted, 2 acquitted. POST OFFICE, UPPER CANADA. _ From all the information which I have been enabled to collect relative to this department, I find that ...

Thomas Rolph, 1836

Report of the Deputy Judge Advocate for War Crimes European ...

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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACQUITTED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term acquitted is used in the context of the following news items.

Azelle Rodney death: Security fears for police marksman acquitted …

A retired police marksman may have to enter a witness protection programme at a cost of millions of pounds in taxpayers' money after he was ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

Felani's self-confessed killer acquitted again

A killer of such an inhuman act can in no way be acquitted. He killed my daughter like shooting a bird. We were waiting for justice for the last ... «DhakaTribune, Jul 15»

Brake acquitted of failing to stop at the scene of an accident

Stephen Brake was acquitted of failure to stop at the scene of an accident in provincial court in Corner Brook on Thursday afternoon. Stephen ... «Clarenville Packet, Jul 15»

Dey Krahom Leader Acquitted of Defamation, Forgery

Chan Vichet, a representative of the former Dey Krahorm community, whose homes were bulldozed in 2009 to make way for development in ... «The Cambodia Daily, Jul 15»

Doctor acquitted of drugging, raping then-wife countersues her in …

FARGO – A Fargo doctor acquitted in November 2012 of drugging and raping his then-wife is countersuing after her medical malpractice case ... «WDAZ, Jul 15»

Junior lawyer acquitted of drink-driving after being slumped over …

A two-year-qualified Scottish solicitor has convinced a judge that while he had curled up in an advocate's gown in a parked car following a ... «Legal Cheek, Jul 15»

Danny Jay Brooks acquitted of murdering Mark Colbung in Albany in …

Relatives and friends of a murdered man reacted with shock and disbelief when his accused killer was acquitted in an Albany court, in southern ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»

Link acquitted of attempted murder, found guilty of lesser counts

After five hours of deliberation, a South Central District Court jury on Friday acquitted Terry Link of the charge of attempted murder. The jury ... «Bismarck Tribune, Jul 15»

Pensacola man acquitted of 2013 stabbing

A Pensacola man charged with manslaughter in a 2013 stabbing has been acquitted by an Escambia County jury. Leonard Brown stabbed ... «Pensacola News Journal, Jul 15»

French cartoonist acquitted over pope drawing

PARIS: A French appeals court has acquitted France's best-known cartoonist of accusations of inciting hatred for a drawing representing former ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»