Question

Choose the word which best expresses the opposite of the word.

ACQUITTED.

a)Freed
b)Burdened
c)Convicted
d)Entrusted

Answer 1

Hint: The word acquitted means to declare not guilty or to release/discharge a person from an obligation. For e.g. The accused was acquitted the day before yesterday.

Complete step by step solution:

 Let us decipher the meaning of each word and find the one which means opposite to the given word. The word free is the past simple and the past participle of word free which means to not be under control or power of another. This is similar in meaning to acquitted.

Option b burdened means something which has a duty or an obligation. The word acquitted is used mostly for legal discharge from an obligation. Burdened is not exactly the opposite of acquitted as burden is not a legal term or these are not used in the same context.

 Option c convicted means to declare a person guilty of an offense. This is exactly the opposite of acquitted. Therefore, the word that best expresses the opposite of acquitted is option c convicted.

 Option d entrusted is the past simple and past participle of the word entrust which means to assign the responsibility of doing something to someone. This is unrelated to the word acquitted. Thus, it is incorrect.

Note: Do not confuse burden to be the opposite of acquitted. Both words are used in different contexts. The meaning of both can seem related and opposite but as per the exact meaning of acquitted, the best opposite word would be convicted.