(DECIDE NOT GUILTY) [verb] [T] -tt- - to decide officially in a court of law that (someone) is not guilty of a particular crimeShe was acquitted (of all the charges against her).A Hong Kong court acquitted Graham Sykes and five associates of fraud charges.Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge.Compare convict.
ACQUIT
Meaning of ACQUIT in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012