meaning of acquit
1. Acquitted; set free; rid of.
2. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.
3. To pay for; to atone for.
4. To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions.
5. To clear ones self.
6. To bear or conduct ones self; to perform ones part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly.
7. pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder
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Related Words
acquit | acquitment | acquittal | acquittance | acquitted | acquitter | acquitting |
