- (p.p.) Acquitted; set free; rid of.
- (v.t.) To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.
- (v.t.) To pay for; to atone for.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) To clear one's self.
- (v.t.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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