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Definition of acquit verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

acquit

verb
 
/əˈkwɪt/
 
/əˈkwɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they acquit
 
/əˈkwɪt/
 
/əˈkwɪt/
he / she / it acquits
 
/əˈkwɪts/
 
/əˈkwɪts/
past simple acquitted
 
/əˈkwɪtɪd/
 
/əˈkwɪtɪd/
past participle acquitted
 
/əˈkwɪtɪd/
 
/əˈkwɪtɪd/
-ing form acquitting
 
/əˈkwɪtɪŋ/
 
/əˈkwɪtɪŋ/
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  1. acquit somebody (of something) to decide and state officially in court that somebody is not guilty of a crime
    • The jury acquitted him of murder.
    • Both defendants were acquitted.
    • She was acquitted on all charges.
    • He was acquitted on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
    opposite convictTopics Law and justicec1
  2. acquit yourself well, badly, etc. (formal) to perform or behave well, badly, etc.
    • He acquitted himself brilliantly in the exams.
  3. Word OriginMiddle English (originally in the sense ‘pay a debt, discharge a liability’): from Old French acquiter, from medieval Latin acquitare ‘pay a debt’, from ad- ‘to’ + quitare ‘set free’.
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