acquit
31acquit — [[t]əkwɪ̱t[/t]] acquits, acquitting, acquitted 1) VERB: usu passive If someone is acquitted of a crime in a court of law, they are formally declared not to have committed the crime. [be V ed of n] Mr Ling was acquitted of disorderly behaviour by… …
32acquit v — There are many judges who would like to acquit smoking …
33acquit — [əˈkwɪt] verb [T] to state officially that someone is not guilty of a crime He was eventually acquitted of the charges.[/ex] • acquit yourself well to behave or perform in a way that other people admire[/ex] …
34acquit — Faire quelque chose laschement, et par maniere d acquit, seulement pour estre depesché, Defunctorie, vel Perfunctorie aliquid agere. Par faux acquits, Falsis relationibus relatis, B …
35acquit — [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… …
36acquit-à-caution — [ akitakosjɔ̃ ] n. m. • 1723; de acquit et caution ♦ Titre délivré par une administration financière, qui permet à des marchandises soumises à des droits, à des taxes de circuler ou d être stockées en suspension de ces droits (caution étant… …
37acquit-patent — ⇒ACQUIT PATENT, voir ACQUIT …
38acquit yourself well — acquit yourself well/honourably/admirably etc/ phrase to behave or perform in a way that other people admire Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: acquit …
39acquit yourself honourably — acquit yourself well/honourably/admirably etc/ phrase to behave or perform in a way that other people admire Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: acquit …
40acquit yourself admirably — acquit yourself well/honourably/admirably etc/ phrase to behave or perform in a way that other people admire Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: acquit …
