"Acquitted" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
Released; absolved; purged of an accusation; judicially discbarg-ed from accusation; released from debt, etc. Includes both clvll and criminal prosecutions. Dolloway v. Turrill, 26 wend. (N. Y.) 383, 390
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One of the hardest-to-swallow, most countercultural, counter intuitive implications of the gospel is that bearing up under a difficult burden with patient perseverance is a good thing.
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To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now …
Read the complete definitionTo free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; …
Read the complete definitionTo release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit.
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