ACQUIT

acquit

Verb

  1. To declare or find not guilty; innocent.
  2. To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge.
    The jury acquitted the prisoner of the charge.
  3. To pay for; to atone for
  4. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite, to fulfill.
  5. To clear one’s self.
  6. To bear or conduct one’s self; to perform one’s part.
    The soldier acquitted himself well in battle.
    The orator acquitted himself very poorly.
  7. To release, set free, rescue.


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