Acquit

Verb

 * 1) To declare not guilty; innocent
 * 2)  To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge, to find not guilty.
 * 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.
 * 7)  To release, set free, rescue.
 * 8)  Past participle of acquit, set free, rid of.

Adverbs for Acquit
unhesitatingly; legally; unexpectedly; unanimously; generously; triumphantly; entirely; constitutionally; legitimately; tolerantly; graciously; licitly; condescendingly; acquiescently; deferentially.

Synonyms for Acquit
absolve, clear, exonerate, exculpate, release, discharge, forgive, pardon, free, liberate, repay.

Antonyms for Acquit
convict, keep, hold, condemn, bind, defeat, doom, convince, repudiate, reprove, blame, censure, disapprove, denounce.

Derived terms

 * acquital, acquittal

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From aquiten:,  aquiter:,  acquitter:; (Latin ad:) + Old French quiter:, French quitter:. See quit:, and compare acquiet:.

Alternative forms

 * acquite

Translations

 * Bulgarian: освобождавам, (от задължение)
 * Dutch:, kwijtschelden,


 * Romanian: achita
 * Spanish: absolver, exculpar


 * Dutch:, afbetalen


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch: afbetalen,, aflossen


 * Spanish: exculpar


 * Bulgarian: държа се


 * Dutch:


 * Dutch: ,


 * Bulgarian: освобождавам
 * Dutch:, ,


 * : inocentar
 * : aklamak
 * : freisprechen