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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Acquit \Ac*quit"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Acquitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acquitting}.] [OE. aquiten, OF. aquiter, F. acquitter; ? (L. ad) + OF. quiter, F. quitter, to quit. See {Quit}, and cf. {Acquiet}.]
1. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.
A responsibility that can never be absolutely acquitted. --I. Taylor.
2. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions.
4. Reflexively: (a) To clear one's self. --Shak. (b) To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly.
Syn: To absolve; clear; exonerate; exonerate; exculpate; release; discharge. See {Absolve}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
acquit
verb
1: pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges" [syn: {assoil}, {clear}, {discharge}, {exonerate}, {exculpate}] [ant: {convict}]
2: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" [syn: {behave}, {bear}, {deport}, {conduct}, {comport}, {carry}] [also: {acquitting}, {acquitted}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
acquitted
adjective: declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless; "he stands acquitted on all charges"; "the jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity" [syn: {not guilty}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
acquitted See {acquit}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "acquitted": absolved, blotted, canceled, condoned, discharged, disregarded, exculpated, excused, exonerated, expended, forgiven, forgotten, hired, indulged, liquidated, overlooked, paid, paid in full, pardoned, postpaid, prepaid, receipted, redeemed, remitted, reprieved, salaried, settled, shriven, spared, spent, unavenged, uncondemned, unresented, unrevenged, waged, wiped away
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