acquit
verb
[ əˈkwɪt ]
• free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty.
• "she was acquitted on all counts"
Similar:
absolve,
clear,
exonerate,
exculpate,
declare innocent,
find innocent,
pronounce not guilty,
discharge,
release,
liberate,
emancipate,
free,
set free,
deliver,
spare,
exempt,
dismiss,
vindicate,
let someone off (the hook),
• conduct oneself or perform in a specified way.
• "the goalkeeper acquitted himself well"
Similar:
conduct oneself,
bear oneself,
perform,
act,
behave,
comport oneself,
deport oneself,
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’.
