Hypertext Webster Gateway: "acquitted"

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)

acquitted
adj : 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:
{not guilty}]


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