Hypertext Webster Gateway: "acquit"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Acquit \Ac*quit"\, p. p.
Acquitted; set free; rid of. [Archaic] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
A responsibility that can never be absolutely
acquitted. --I. Taylor.
2. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.] --Shak.
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.
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.
Syn: To absolve; clear; exonerate; exonerate; exculpate;
release; discharge. See {Absolve}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
acquit
v 1: pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was
cleared of the murder charges" [syn: {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}, {bear},
{deport}, {conduct}, {comport}, {carry}]
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