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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :
Acquit \Ac*quit"\, p. p.
Acquitted; set free; rid of. [Archaic] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :
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) 2.0 :
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]
[also: acquitting, acquitted]
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary :
Acquit
برّئ
From English-Croatian Freedict Dictionary :
acquit
isplatiti, izmiriti, odriješiti, opravdati, osloboditi
From English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary :
acquit
zprostit viny
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From English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary :
acquit
osvobodit
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From English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary :
acquit
zprostit
From English-German Freedict dictionary :
acquit [əkwit]
freisprechen
From eng-fra :
acquit
[əkwit]
absoudre
From English-Hindi Freedict Dictionary :
acquit
1. दोष~मुक्त~करना
"The jury acquitted him of bank robbery."
From English-Latin Freedict dictionary :
acquit [əkwit]
absolvere
From English-Portugese Freedict dictionary :
acquit
absolver
From English-Portugese Freedict dictionary :
acquit
absolver
From English-Portugese Freedict dictionary :
acquit [əkwit]
absolver
From English-Portugese Freedict dictionary :
acquit
absolver
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary :
acquit
1. suçsuz çıkarmak, beraat ettirmek. acquit oneself görevini yapmak
2. davranmak hareket etmek. acquit oneself well vazifesini iyi yapmak. be acquitted beraat etmek, temize çıkmak.
From French-German Freedict dictionary :
acquit [aki]
Quittung
From French-English Freedict dictionary :
acquit [aki]
acknowledgement, receipt
From French-Nederlands Freedict dictionary :
acquit [aki]
kwitantie, ontvangbewijs, reçu
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "acquit":
absolve, amnesty, bear, carry, clear, comport, conduct, convict,
decontaminate, demean, deport, destigmatize, discharge, dismiss,
dispense from, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exempt from, exonerate,
forgive, free, give absolution, go on, grant amnesty to,
grant immunity, grant remission, justify, let go, let off,
liberate, nonpros, pardon, pass sentence, penalize, purge,
quash the charge, quit, release, remit, set free, shrive,
vindicate, whitewash, withdraw the charge
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :
v. 开释,释放,行为;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :
vt. 宣判无罪;表现;完成,履行;清偿,解除
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