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Definition of Acquit
Acquit

Acquitted; set free; rid of.

To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.

To pay for; to atone for.

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.

To clear one's self.

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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Acquit Translations

acquit in French is acquittez, acquittent, acquittons
acquit in German is freisprechen
acquit in Norwegian is frikjenne
acquit in Spanish is absolver

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