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Acquitting | Acquitted

Acquitting meaning

present participle and gerund of acquit

Using Acquitting

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of acquit
  • In the example corpus, acquitting often appears in combinations such as: before acquitting, acquitting the, acquitting himself.

Context around Acquitting

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

judge 1× kind 1× council 1×

Often after:

himself 2× turner 1× pillai 1× bradley 1× harrison 1×

Sentence patterns with Acquitting

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a judge acquitting the pair 1× commended for acquitting himself creditably 1× convicting or acquitting turner of 1× evidence and acquitting harrison 1× hours before acquitting 20 year 1× hours before acquitting bradley setzer 1× mikell s acquitting him shows 1× now while acquitting pillai the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after three days 1× alberta prosecutors want 1× as a consequence 1× even now while 1× instead of holding 1× magistrate amy mikell 1×

Common sentence endings:

and acquitting harrison 1× and was released 1× child endangerment charges 1× closing the case 1× district court today 1× export declaration forms 1×

Words around Acquitting

Just before it in the word index:

acquitted 537 acquittals 18 acquittal 157 acquits 7 acquit 72 acquisto 2

Just after it in the word index:

acr 19 acra 4 acran 2 acre 1.273 acreage 165 acreages 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 15 aat 15 abada 15 abcs 15 abdulkareem 15 abha 15

Corpus analysis for Acquitting

  • In this selection, "acquitting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, judge, kind, council, himself, turner and pillai stand out and add context to how "acquitting" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a judge acquitting the pair and commended for acquitting himself creditably. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "acquitting" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with acquitting

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Magistrate Amy Mikell's acquitting him shows it, his lawyers claim. (11 words)

Malami must be commended for acquitting himself creditably in this area. (11 words)

Owen appeared before the Council, acquitting himself of all charges and was released. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Alberta prosecutors want the province's top court to find two parents guilty of criminal charges connected to the 2012 death of their toddler despite a judge acquitting the pair last month. (32 words)

After three days of deliberations, jurors said they could have reached a unanimous verdict on involuntary manslaughter, but they could not unanimously agree on convicting or acquitting Turner of murder. (30 words)

The Warren County jury deliberated for four hours before acquitting 20-year-old Brooke Skylar Richardson of aggravated murder, involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment charges. (25 words)

Question examples

But where was the Reserve Bank when exporters were not acquitting their export declaration forms? (15 words)

Example sentences (12)

After three days of deliberations, jurors said they could have reached a unanimous verdict on involuntary manslaughter, but they could not unanimously agree on convicting or acquitting Turner of murder.

Even now, while acquitting Pillai the defence had argued that the prosecution had failed to establish the connection between the incident and Pillai.

The jury deliberated for about five hours before acquitting Bradley Setzer of attempted first-degree murder in Third District Court today.

Alberta prosecutors want the province's top court to find two parents guilty of criminal charges connected to the 2012 death of their toddler despite a judge acquitting the pair last month.

Of course, the officials killed two birds with one stone by acquitting the main defendants and closing the case.

The Warren County jury deliberated for four hours before acquitting 20-year-old Brooke Skylar Richardson of aggravated murder, involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment charges.

But where was the Reserve Bank when exporters were not acquitting their export declaration forms?

Magistrate Amy Mikell's acquitting him shows it, his lawyers claim.

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Malami must be commended for acquitting himself creditably in this area.

As a consequence of this asymmetric behaviour, the error of the second kind (acquitting a person who committed the crime), is often rather large.

Instead of holding Lincoln in contempt of court as was expected, the judge, a Democrat, reversed his ruling, allowing the evidence and acquitting Harrison.

Owen appeared before the Council, acquitting himself of all charges and was released.

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Common combinations with acquitting

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "acquitting" in a sentence?
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What does "acquitting" mean?
Acquitting means: present participle and gerund of acquit
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