NOT GUILTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does not guilty mean? 

• NOT GUILTY (adjective)
  The adjective NOT GUILTY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: NOT GUILTY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOT GUILTY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

acquitted; not guilty

Context example:

the jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity

Similar:

clean-handed; guiltless; innocent (free from evil or guilt)

 Context examples 

Do you find the prisoner guilty or not guilty?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He refused to plead guilty or not guilty, and remained silent when she asked him if he had anything to say in his own defence.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He was not guilty.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

There was accusation in her manner, and I shrugged my shoulders in token that I was not guilty of the unknown crime imputed to me.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)