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Definition of acquit in English: acquitverbacquitted, acquitting, acquits əˈkwɪtəˈkwɪt 1with object Free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty. 开释，宣告（某人）无罪 she was acquitted on all counts 她被判完全无罪。 the jury acquitted Bream of murder 陪审团认为布里姆谋杀罪名不成立。 Example sentencesExamples - On Friday she was acquitted of the charge and wept with relief when she realised her nightmare was finally over.
- The five officers were acquitted of manslaughter charges on the direction of the trial judge.
- The third was that there was fresh evidence which could have led the jury to acquit him.
- The fact that you have not had a fair trial is irrelevant if you are acquitted.
- To the amazement of Evangelical Christians, he was acquitted of the charges.
- On four of the seven charges he was acquitted; on the other three the jury was unable to agree.
- The South African attorney general later acquitted her on the grounds of self-defence.
- I am reminded by our learned friends that he was acquitted of the offences.
- Smith was acquitted of an affray charge and told to pay her fine at £10 a week.
- A jury needed less than half an hour to acquit him of the charges.
- He was acquitted of charges of abuse and fraud in relation to the oil deal.
- In such event they might have acquitted him of murder, though finding him guilty of assisting the offender.
- The jury that the accused thought must acquit him, came in with a verdict of guilty within 90 minutes.
- Nine months after his conviction, however, an appeals judge acquitted him of all charges.
- He is acquitted of theft but convicted of handling and sent to prison.
- The four white officers were acquitted on criminal charges a year after the shooting.
- But again, we are giving far greater credence to that idea every time a jury acquits another guilty man.
- If you think that, because he was so drunk, he did not intend or may not have intended to kill or cause grievous bodily harm, then you must acquit him.
- One of those cases saw him being acquitted of suborning perjury in a case involving an animal rights terrorist.
- A multi-ethnic jury acquits all officers charged in the shooting.
Synonyms absolve, clear, exonerate, exculpate, declare innocent, find innocent, pronounce not guilty discharge, release, liberate, emancipate, free, set free, deliver, spare, exempt, dismiss vindicate informal let someone off (the hook) 2acquit oneself ofConduct oneself or perform in a specified way. 行为，表现 the goalkeeper acquitted himself well 守门员表现良好。 Example sentencesExamples - They lost just twice all season and finished five points ahead of the pack to charge back to the top flight where they acquitted themselves well with some great performances.
- However, it was a wonderful event and the performers all acquitted themselves well.
- He acquits himself well as director, and coaxes excellent performances from the adults.
- Of the performances, she acquits herself well in the lead role, but too many of the other performers feel under-used.
- The home team acquitted themselves well and showed good spirit throughout to beat the talented Portadown side by 0-14 to 0-5.
- The Community Games Finals took place in Mosney over the past two weekends, with participants from the locality acquitting themselves very well.
- Nonetheless, Martha, I feel that the grace with which you have acquitted yourself throughout this entire situation demonstrates the ample strength of your character.
- There were some fine individual performances in the match with all the team acquitting themselves very well even though some were only making their championship debut.
- But with the eyes of the crowd, not to mention several million television viewers, trained on her performance, Tabb acquitted herself well - slight teething problems notwithstanding.
- Gearing up for the season ending play-offs, the trip gave enough reassurance of the strength in depth at the Club with both newcomers acquitting themselves with distinction.
- She performs a solo of impossible postures, in which she acquits herself with aplomb, but which leaves the spectator's mind and muscles tensed to the point of spasm.
- I'm relatively sure that I can acquit myself well in an interview as well - but my performance in that interview is less important to me at the moment than getting to it.
- Two of last year's under-14 squad made their championship debuts and both players acquitted themselves extremely well.
- They acquitted themselves really well with some fine performances in the First Division of this MAZDA-sponsored AAI event.
- On that evening of great significance it cannot have been easy for her to relax into the role, but clearly she acquitted herself well.
- All performers acquitted themselves with considerable talent and enthusiasm and seemed to genuinely enjoy their roles.
- While his performance during the exercise was not especially noteworthy, he acquitted himself satisfactorily overall.
- She still hedges a bit on her command responsibility, but I think she actually acquitted herself quite well in this online discussion.
- All who are interested in sport and in England's identity as a nation will be thrilled with the honours bestowed on the World Cup Squad who acquitted themselves so magnificently just over a month ago.
- Unlike the usual heroine, she has been given enough scope to perform and she acquits herself well.
Synonyms conduct oneself, bear oneself perform, act, behave rare comport oneself, deport oneself - 2.1acquit oneself ofarchaic Discharge (a duty or responsibility)
〈古〉脱卸（职责，责任） they acquitted themselves of their charge with vigilance Example sentencesExamples - They felt they'd acquitted themselves of their minimum responsibility but getting the statement into the technically true category.
- May 1998 be the year that we finally acquit ourselves of it with honour.
- We life members of the thinking classes naturally acquit ourselves of bias from the start.
- Together with Aleksandrov he acquitted himself of this task.
- The administration will finally have acquitted itself of the charge of failing to admit its mistakes, but at a terrible price.
Synonyms discharge, execute, perform, do, carry out, effect, implement, bring about, bring off, accomplish, achieve, fulfil, complete informal pull off rare effectuate
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'. quit from Middle English: An Old French word from the same root as quiet, Latin quietus ‘quiet, still, resting’. The first meanings of quit were ‘to pay off a debt’, ‘to repay a service or favour’, and ‘to set free’. It also meant ‘to declare a person not guilty’, a meaning for which we would now use the related word acquit. The modern meanings, ‘to leave, go away’, and ‘to stop doing something’, are from the 17th century. To call it quits is to agree that terms are now equal, especially in the settlement of a debt, or to decide to abandon what you are doing in order to cut your losses. It dates back only to the 1890s and is a fairly informal expression, but an earlier version, cry quits, is recorded from the 1630s and comes from the world of officialdom. Church records of accounts from the late 15th century use the word quits to indicate that money owing to someone has been paid in full. Church business was usually conducted in Latin, and so quits probably arose from a scribe's shortening of the medieval Latin word quittus, meaning ‘discharged’, written on receipts to indicate that the goods had been paid for. Quite, found from the Middle Ages in the sense ‘completely, fully’ is probably from quit. The sense ‘fairly’ does not develop until the 19th century.
Rhymesadmit, backlit, bedsit, befit, bit, Brit, Britt, chit, commit, demit, dit, emit, fit, flit, frit, git, grit, hit, intermit, it, kit, knit, legit, lickety-split, lit, manumit, mishit, mitt, nit, omit, outsit, outwit, permit, pit, Pitt, pretermit, quit, remit, retrofit, sit, skit, slit, snit, spit, split, sprit, squit, submit, transmit, twit, whit, wit, writ, zit Definition of acquit in US English: acquitverbəˈkwɪtəˈkwit 1usually be acquittedwith object Free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty. 开释，宣告（某人）无罪 she was acquitted on all counts 她被判完全无罪。 the jury acquitted him of murder 陪审团认为布里姆谋杀罪名不成立。 Example sentencesExamples - To the amazement of Evangelical Christians, he was acquitted of the charges.
- The fact that you have not had a fair trial is irrelevant if you are acquitted.
- A multi-ethnic jury acquits all officers charged in the shooting.
- On Friday she was acquitted of the charge and wept with relief when she realised her nightmare was finally over.
- If you think that, because he was so drunk, he did not intend or may not have intended to kill or cause grievous bodily harm, then you must acquit him.
- The third was that there was fresh evidence which could have led the jury to acquit him.
- He is acquitted of theft but convicted of handling and sent to prison.
- A jury needed less than half an hour to acquit him of the charges.
- One of those cases saw him being acquitted of suborning perjury in a case involving an animal rights terrorist.
- On four of the seven charges he was acquitted; on the other three the jury was unable to agree.
- The four white officers were acquitted on criminal charges a year after the shooting.
- The jury that the accused thought must acquit him, came in with a verdict of guilty within 90 minutes.
- The five officers were acquitted of manslaughter charges on the direction of the trial judge.
- But again, we are giving far greater credence to that idea every time a jury acquits another guilty man.
- Nine months after his conviction, however, an appeals judge acquitted him of all charges.
- In such event they might have acquitted him of murder, though finding him guilty of assisting the offender.
- The South African attorney general later acquitted her on the grounds of self-defence.
- Smith was acquitted of an affray charge and told to pay her fine at £10 a week.
- He was acquitted of charges of abuse and fraud in relation to the oil deal.
- I am reminded by our learned friends that he was acquitted of the offences.
Synonyms absolve, clear, exonerate, exculpate, declare innocent, find innocent, pronounce not guilty 2acquit oneself ofConduct oneself or perform in a specified way. 行为，表现 all the young women in the contest acquitted themselves well Example sentencesExamples - They lost just twice all season and finished five points ahead of the pack to charge back to the top flight where they acquitted themselves well with some great performances.
- All performers acquitted themselves with considerable talent and enthusiasm and seemed to genuinely enjoy their roles.
- On that evening of great significance it cannot have been easy for her to relax into the role, but clearly she acquitted herself well.
- She still hedges a bit on her command responsibility, but I think she actually acquitted herself quite well in this online discussion.
- All who are interested in sport and in England's identity as a nation will be thrilled with the honours bestowed on the World Cup Squad who acquitted themselves so magnificently just over a month ago.
- There were some fine individual performances in the match with all the team acquitting themselves very well even though some were only making their championship debut.
- I'm relatively sure that I can acquit myself well in an interview as well - but my performance in that interview is less important to me at the moment than getting to it.
- While his performance during the exercise was not especially noteworthy, he acquitted himself satisfactorily overall.
- Of the performances, she acquits herself well in the lead role, but too many of the other performers feel under-used.
- They acquitted themselves really well with some fine performances in the First Division of this MAZDA-sponsored AAI event.
- The home team acquitted themselves well and showed good spirit throughout to beat the talented Portadown side by 0-14 to 0-5.
- Nonetheless, Martha, I feel that the grace with which you have acquitted yourself throughout this entire situation demonstrates the ample strength of your character.
- However, it was a wonderful event and the performers all acquitted themselves well.
- But with the eyes of the crowd, not to mention several million television viewers, trained on her performance, Tabb acquitted herself well - slight teething problems notwithstanding.
- Unlike the usual heroine, she has been given enough scope to perform and she acquits herself well.
- Gearing up for the season ending play-offs, the trip gave enough reassurance of the strength in depth at the Club with both newcomers acquitting themselves with distinction.
- Two of last year's under-14 squad made their championship debuts and both players acquitted themselves extremely well.
- The Community Games Finals took place in Mosney over the past two weekends, with participants from the locality acquitting themselves very well.
- She performs a solo of impossible postures, in which she acquits herself with aplomb, but which leaves the spectator's mind and muscles tensed to the point of spasm.
- He acquits himself well as director, and coaxes excellent performances from the adults.
Synonyms conduct oneself, bear oneself - 2.1acquit oneself ofarchaic Discharge (a duty or responsibility)
〈古〉脱卸（职责，责任） they acquitted themselves of their charge with vigilance Example sentencesExamples - They felt they'd acquitted themselves of their minimum responsibility but getting the statement into the technically true category.
- The administration will finally have acquitted itself of the charge of failing to admit its mistakes, but at a terrible price.
- May 1998 be the year that we finally acquit ourselves of it with honour.
- We life members of the thinking classes naturally acquit ourselves of bias from the start.
- Together with Aleksandrov he acquitted himself of this task.
Synonyms discharge, execute, perform, do, carry out, effect, implement, bring about, bring off, accomplish, achieve, fulfil, complete
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’. |