acquit
verb /əˈkwɪt/
/əˈkwɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they acquit | /əˈkwɪt/ /əˈkwɪt/ |
| he / she / it acquits | /əˈkwɪts/ /əˈkwɪts/ |
| past simple acquitted | /əˈkwɪtɪd/ /əˈkwɪtɪd/ |
| past participle acquitted | /əˈkwɪtɪd/ /əˈkwɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form acquitting | /əˈkwɪtɪŋ/ /əˈkwɪtɪŋ/ |
- acquit somebody (of something) to decide and state officially in court that somebody is not guilty of a crime
- The jury acquitted him of murder.
- Both defendants were acquitted.
- She was acquitted on all charges.
- He was acquitted on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
- acquit yourself well, badly, etc. (formal) to perform or behave well, badly, etc.
- He acquitted himself brilliantly in the exams.
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Word 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’.