Definition of acquit

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Acquit (p. p.) Acquitted; set free; rid of.

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Quietus :: Quietus (a.) Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death..
Clear :: Clear (v. t.) To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify, vindicate, or acquit; -- often used with from before the thing imputed..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
Acquittal :: Acquittal (n.) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court..
Acquitted :: Acquitted (imp. & p. p.) of Acqui.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor..
Acquit :: Acquit (v. t.) To pay for; to atone for.
Quittance :: Quittance (v. t.) Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance.
Acquittance :: Acquittance (v. t.) To acquit.
Assoilyie :: Assoilyie (v. t.) To absolve; to acquit by sentence of court.
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment..
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation..
Absolution :: Absolution (n.) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent..
Acquitting :: Acquitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acqui.
Acquit :: Acquit (v. t.) To clear one's self.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear..
Acquittance :: Acquittance (n.) The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.
Acquit :: Acquit (v. t.) To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite..
Accept :: Accept (v. t.) In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.].
Probationer :: Probationer (n.) A student in divinity, who, having received certificates of good morals and qualifications from his university, is admitted to several trials by a presbytery, and, on acquitting himself well, is licensed to preach..
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