English Explanatory Dictionary

not guilty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A formal plea by a defendant of not being culpable for the crime with which the defendant is charged.
  2. A verdict or formal finding by the legal system that a defendant is not culpable for the crime with which the defendant was charged.
  3. A member of a jury or tribunal supporting acquittal, or a vote cast in support of acquittal.
  4. A person who has been acquitted of a crime.
adj
  1. Of a person, legally innocent of a crime which they have been accused of in a court of law.
  2. Innocent.

Word forms

not guilty not guilties

Synonyms

innocent acquittal exoneration quittance absolution acquittance acquitment assoilment compurgation disculpation exculpation not guilty vindication blameless offenceless clean clean-handed clean as a hound's tooth clean as a whistle clear dovelike guiltless innocent as the babe unborn innocent as the child unborn irreprehensible nonblameworthy offenseless pure righteous sackless sinless unblameable unblameworthy uncalculating unguilty

Antonyms

guilty

Translations

Finnish: syyttömyys Russian: невино́вный
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