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  1. not guiltynoun

    Antonyms:
    guilty

  2. not guiltynoun

    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.

    Antonyms:
    guilty

  3. not guiltynoun

    Innocent.

    The jury said he was not guilty. I knew he wouldn't have done something like that.

    Antonyms:
    guilty

  4. not guiltynoun

    Antonyms:
    guilty

  5. not guiltynoun

    Antonyms:
    guilty

  6. not guiltynoun

    Synonyms:
    innocent, acquittal

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. acquitted, not guiltyadjective

    declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless

    "he stands acquitted on all charges"; "the jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity"

    Synonyms:
    acquitted

    Antonyms:
    guilty

Suggested Resources

  1. not guilty

    Read the full text of the Not Guilty poem by Ambrose Bierce on the Poetry.com website.

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How to use not guilty in a sentence?

  1. Kyle Dugger:

    When insanity is raised as a defense, the jury can return a verdict of guilty, not guilty, not guilty by reason of insanity, or guilty but mentally ill.

  2. Theodore Roosevelt:

    When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not Guilty."

  3. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

    The United States Attorney General has already stated that these officers of the FIFA executive committee have committed a crime, as though (the) prosecutor is unaware of the presumption of innocence, only a court can find a person guilty or not guilty, and only after that can anyone say anything.

  4. Eugene McLaughlin:

    The case is almost beyond legal adjudication, no matter if Amanda Knox or Raffaele Sollecito are found guilty or not guilty, it has taken on an after-life of its own.' The protracted online battle took root in the Paleolithic era of social media, when tabloids plumbed Knox's MySpace page for early photos of a smiling and carefree student, wisps of hair blowing from beneath a rolled knit cap, picking up on the.

  5. Stanislaw J. Lec:

    Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.


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