The court acquitted him of the charge of murder.

Tom has been acquitted, thanks to exculpatory statements from witnesses, but there is no trace of the real culprit.

Dear!" said Clarissa, and Lucy shared as she meant her to her disappointment (but not the pang); felt the concord between them; took the hint; thought how the gentry love; gilded her own future with calm; and, taking Mrs. Dalloway's parasol, handled it like a sacred weapon which a Goddess, having acquitted herself honourably in the field of battle, sheds, and placed it in the umbrella stand.

Sami was acquitted of murdering his wife.

Sami was acquitted.

Tom was tried and acquitted.

In a civil contract, an acquittal means that one party has released the other from an agreed obligation, usually because a debt has been paid in full.

I've been acquitted.

The defence attorney did his best on behalf of Tom to secure his acquittal.

Tom wasn't acquitted.