Not guilty
Not guilty adjective - Declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless.
Responsible
Responsible adjective - Being the one who must meet an obligation or suffer the consequences for failing to do so.
Not guilty is an antonym for responsible.
Both terms in one sentence
- Instead, she pleaded not guilty via the archaic "marital coercion" defence, and during the trial she pretty much admitted to every aspect of the offence, but said that she just didn't deserve to be held responsible for her actions.
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