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    ac·quit
    [əˈkwit]
    verb
    acquit (verb) · acquits (third person present) · acquitted (past tense) · acquitted (past participle) · acquitting (present participle)
    1. (be acquitted)
      free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty:
      "she was acquitted on all counts" · "the jury acquitted him of murder"
    2. (acquit oneself)
      conduct oneself or perform in a specified way:
      "all the young women in the contest acquitted themselves well"
      • archaic
        (acquit oneself of)
        discharge (a duty or responsibility):
        "they acquitted themselves of their charge with vigilance"
    Origin
    Middle 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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    verb
    1. free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty:
      Opposite:
    2. conduct oneself or perform in a specified way:
      conduct oneself
      bear oneself
      comport oneself
      deport oneself
     
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  1. The meaning of ACQUIT is to discharge completely (as from an accusation or obligation).
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    acquit verb uk / əˈkwɪt / us / əˈkwɪt / -tt- Add to word list [ T often passive ] to decide officially in a law court that someone is not guilty of a particular crime:
    dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/acquit
    verb (used with object), ac·quit·ted, ac·quit·ting. to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare not guilty:
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