acquit

Meaning

1. (transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.
2. (transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.
3. (transitive) to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge.
4. (reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.
5. (reflexive) To clear oneself.
6. (archaic, form-of, participle, past, transitive) past participle of acquit.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To release, to rescue, to set free.
8. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To pay for; to atone for.

acquit

1. (transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.
2. (transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.
3. (transitive) to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge.
4. (reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.
5. (reflexive) To clear oneself.
6. (archaic, form-of, participle, past, transitive) past participle of acquit.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To release, to rescue, to set free.
8. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To pay for; to atone for.

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Opposite of

condemn, convict

Synonyms

exonerate

absolve

discharge

exculpate

clear

release

behave

assoil

conduct

set free

come

bear

🐻

carry

find not guilty

win

redeem

free

🆓

deport

affranchise

dismiss

comport

let off

liberate

succeed

get through

go off

grapple

hit the jackpot

issue judgement for

liberated

liquidate

make it

make out

manage

manumit

pan out

😡

pay off

prove

pull off

quit

receipt

🧾

relieve

remit

rescue

settle up

spell

square

take

unblock

unchain

Translations

acquitter

💸

freisprechen

absolver

αθωώνω

absolver

absoudre

vrijspreken

exculpar

assolvere

απαλλάσσω

begleichen

💸

inocentar

absoldre

absolvere

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈkwɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: aquiten

In summary

From Middle English aquī̆ten (“to give in return; to pay, repay; to redeem (a pledge, security), to make good (a promise); to make amends; to relieve of an obligation; to acquit, clear of a charge; to free; to deprive of; to do one's part, acquit oneself; to act, behave (in a certain way)”), from Old French aquiter (“to act, do”) and Medieval Latin acquitāre (“to settle a debt”), from ad- (“to”) + quitare (“to free”), equivalent to a- + quit. Doublet of acquiet; also related to quit, quiet and acquiesce.