Synonyms for not guilty
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Innocent
innocent, guiltless, clear, clean-handed UK, dove-like, blameless, sinless, offenseless rare US, offenceless UK
Other
Noun
1. Acquittal — A verdict or formal finding by the legal system that a defendant is not culpable for the crime with which the…
acquittal, exoneration, quittance rare, disculpation rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of a person, legally innocent of a crime which they have been accused of in a court of law.
He was found not guilty because there was a reasonable doubt.
- n. 1
A verdict or formal finding by the legal system that a defendant is not culpable for the crime with which the defendant was charged.
Example sentences
- innocent From this evidence it follows that he is innocent.
- blameless He is blameless in this situation.
- acquitted He acquitted himself admirably at the track meet.
By length
- 5 letters
- clear1
- 7 letters
- sinless
- 8 letters
- innocent3
- 9 letters
- acquitted3, acquittal3, blameless2, guiltless2, quittance
- 11 letters
- exoneration5, offenseless, offenceless
- 12 letters
- disculpation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (innocent3 = 3 syllables).