acquit

4 definitions found

acquit - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Acquit \Ac*quit"\, p. p.
     Acquitted; set free; rid of. [Archaic] --Shak.
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  Acquit \Ac*quit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acquitted; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Acquitting.] [OE. aquiten, OF. aquiter, F. acquitter; ?
     (L. ad) + OF. quiter, F. quitter, to quit. See Quit, and
     cf. Acquiet.]
     1. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay
        off; to requite.
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              A responsibility that can never be absolutely
              acquitted.                            --I. Taylor.
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     2. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     3. 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.
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     4. Reflexively:
        (a) To clear one's self. --Shak.
        (b) To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part;
            as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the
            orator acquitted himself very poorly.
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     Syn: To absolve; clear; exonerate; exonerate; exculpate;
          release; discharge. See Absolve.
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acquit - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  acquit
      v 1: pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was
           cleared of the murder charges" [syn: acquit, assoil,
           clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate] [ant:
           convict]
      2: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he
         bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well
         during these difficult times" [syn: behave, acquit,
         bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry]

acquit - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "acquit":
     absolve, amnesty, bear, carry, clear, comport, conduct, convict,
     decontaminate, demean, deport, destigmatize, discharge, dismiss,
     dispense from, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exempt from, exonerate,
     forgive, free, give absolution, go on, grant amnesty to,
     grant immunity, grant remission, justify, let go, let off,
     liberate, nonpros, pardon, pass sentence, penalize, purge,
     quash the charge, quit, release, remit, set free, shrive,
     vindicate, whitewash, withdraw the charge