acquit
21acquit — /əˈkwɪt / (say uh kwit) verb (t) (acquitted, acquitting) 1. (sometimes followed by of) to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; pronounce not guilty. 2. to release or discharge (a person) from an obligation. 3. to settle (a debt, obligation,… …
22acquit — nm. AKI (Albanais.001, Montagny Bozel.026, Saxel). A1) acquit à caution, acquit pour l eau de vie ; droit de faire de l eau de vie sans taxe ou avec une taxe réduite : AKI nm. (Albanais.001, Saxel), passo (001, Cordon). E. : Permis. B1) expr.,… …
23acquit — verb Acquit is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑court, ↑jury Acquit is used with these nouns as the object: ↑defendant …
24acquit — v. 1) (D; tr.) ( to exonerate ) to acquit of (the jury acquitted her of all charges) 2) (P; refl.) ( to behave ) she acquitted herself well; he acquitted himself like a veteran * * * [ə kwɪt] he acquitted himself like a veteran (P; refl.) ( to… …
25Acquit — Ac|quit [a ki:] das; s, s <aus gleichbed. fr. acquit zu acquitter »bescheinigen«, dies zu quitter »(aus einer Verbindlichkeit) entlassen, (etw.) erlassen«> (veraltet) Quittung, Empfangsbescheinigung; vgl. ↑pour acquit …
26acquit — ac|quit [ ə kwıt ] verb transitive usually passive to state officially that someone is not guilty of the crime they were accused of: acquit someone of something: He was eventually acquitted of the charges. acquit yourself well/honorably/admirably …
27acquit — verb (acquits, acquitting, acquitted) 1》 formally declare (someone) not guilty of a criminal charge. 2》 (acquit oneself) conduct oneself or perform in a specified way: the goalkeeper acquitted himself well. ↘(acquit oneself of) archaic… …
28acquit — verb acquitted, acquitting 1 (transitive usually passive) to give a decision in a court of law that someone is not guilty of a crime: All the defendants were acquitted. | acquit sb of sth: She was acquitted of murder. 2 acquit yourself… …
29acquit — verb /əˈkwɪt/ a) To declare not guilty; innocent The jury acquitted the prisoner of the charge. b) To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or …
30acquit — [13] Acquit is ultimately related to quiet. The Latin noun quies, from which we get quiet, was the basis of a probable verb *quietare, later *quitare, whose original meaning, ‘put to rest’, developed to ‘settle’, as in ‘settle a debt’. With the… …
