acquitted

3 definitions found

acquitted - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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acquitted - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  acquitted
      adj 1: declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime;
             legally blameless; "he stands acquitted on all charges";
             "the jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity"
             [syn: acquitted, not guilty]

acquitted - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "acquitted":
     absolved, blotted, canceled, condoned, discharged, disregarded,
     exculpated, excused, exonerated, expended, forgiven, forgotten,
     hired, indulged, liquidated, overlooked, paid, paid in full,
     pardoned, postpaid, prepaid, receipted, redeemed, remitted,
     reprieved, salaried, settled, shriven, spared, spent, unavenged,
     uncondemned, unresented, unrevenged, waged, wiped away