"acquit" Definition

Definitions for the word "acquit" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. p. p.
Acquitted; set free; rid of.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To pay for; to atone for.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To clear one's self.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v.
(-tt-) 1 (often foll. By of) declare not guilty. 2 refl. A behave or perform in a specified way (acquitted herself well). B (foll. By of) discharge (a duty or responsibility). acquittal n. [latin: related to *ad-, *quit]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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