GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Acquit , p. p. Acquitted; set free; rid of. [Archaic]
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   Acquit, 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.]
   To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.
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   A responsibility that can never be absolutely acquitted.
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   To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.]
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   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.
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    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.
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   Syn. -- To absolve; clear; exonerate; exonerate; exculpate; release; discharge. See Absolve.
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