not guilty

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Noun

not guilty

1. (legal) A formal plea by a defendant of not being culpable for the crime with which the defendant is charged.

   If you do not plead, a plea of not guilty will be entered for you.

2. (legal) 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.

Synonyms

• (plea of non-culpability) innocent
• (verdict of non-culpability) acquittal

Antonyms

• guilty

Translations

• Russian: невино́вный

Translations

• Russian: невино́вный

Adjective

1. (legal) 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.

2. (nonstandard) Innocent.

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

Translations

• Italian: incolpevole, inconfesso (having pleaded not guilty)

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