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acquit English

Meaning acquit meaning

What does acquit mean?
Definitions in simple English

acquit Verb

— If someone is acquitted of a crime, they have been tried in a court and found not guilty. He was acquitted of murder but found guilty of manslaughter.

acquit

— verb (= clear) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges The suspect was cleared of the murder charges — verb (= behave, bear, conduct, carry) behave in a certain manner She carried herself well he bore himself with dignity They conducted themselves well during these difficult times

Synonyms acquit synonyms

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acquit English » English

exonerate absolve discharge exculpate clear release behave assoil set free conduct win succeed redeem liberate let off free find not guilty dismiss deport comport come carry bear affranchise wipe off whitewash unfreeze uncork unchain unblock take square spell settle up rescue remit relieve receipt quit pull off prove innocent prove pay off pan out manumit manage make out make name make it liquidate

Topics acquit topics

What do people use acquit to talk about?
Social behavior Law Trial

Vindicate
Social behavior Law Judge, render a verdict

Acquit
Social behavior

Behavior

Conjugation acquit conjugation

How do you conjugate acquit?

acquit · verb

Examples acquit examples

How do I use acquit in a sentence?

Simple sentences

For lack of evidence proving him guilty, the jury had no choice but to acquit Tom.

Movie subtitles

And unless you are satisfied that he is guilty of the crime charged, and this beyond any reasonable doubt, then you must acquit him of the charge.
If you acquit him, you jeopardize our entire social life our entire legal system.
Morally, you can not acquit.
They had to acquit Esterhazy to save the face of the general staff.
A court-martial has recently, by order dared to acquit one Esterhazy, a supreme slap at all truth, all justice.
By having your case put over till after the holidays when I saw the jury was gonna acquit you for Christmas.
In the first place, there's no reason why they should acquit me and even if they did, I wouldn't marry you.
You wouldn't do anything to make them acquit me, would you?
Vouchsafe, divine perfection of a woman. of these supposed crimes, to give me leave. by circumstance, but to acquit myself.
You'll have to acquit him again, I'm afraid, Judge.
We had a job to do and I feel that Sir Basil himself, when he recovers, will be the first to admit that we didn't acquit ourselves too badly.
Out of ten crimes of passion, they acquit eight of them.
But I must warn you if you acquit them today you will be condoning them.
He won't acquit your husband.
Grant we acquit ourselves like men in the trials and dangers that lie before us.
Verbs that mean remind, remember, forget, accuse, convince, judge, acquit, all transaction verbs.
I shall give you every opportunity to acquit your resentment behind the Luxembourg at noon.
I ask you to acquit me!
Acquit me on the grounds of justifiable homicide!
But you'll have to acquit him again, Judge.
I have no doubt that you will acquit yourselves honorably and. with distinction.
And if you don't, you'll acquit them.
This impassioned testimony helped sway the jury to acquit Cheryl Crane of the murder of Johnny Stompanato boyfriend of Cheryl's mother, film star Lana Turner.
Vouchsafe, divine perfection of a woman, of this supposed crime to give me leave, by circumstance, but to acquit myself.
I wager you but this: If McGregor lives, you will acquit him of all he owes you.
Even if the gloves do fit, you can still acquit.
They'll acquit him, he's innocent.
But if you acquit me, well, in that case, certainly not!
So you acquit man!
They should acquit on endangering.
To win this case we need a sympathetic jury willing to acquit and a jury that can use the insanity plea as an excuse to do so.
Now, to win this case, we need a sympathetic jury willing to acquit and a jury that can use the insanity plea as an excuse to do so.
Or do you need a higher justification to acquit yourself of the lowest low?
And if they acquit him?
Well, I' m not hearing anything to persuade me, not to direct the jury to acquit her.
You directed the jury to acquit her, remember?
I think your direction to acquit was right.
It' s come to the department' s attention that you had at your lodgings last night a defendant you had recently directed the jury to acquit of murder.

News and current affairs

For the first time, prominent Arab voices acquit Israel of the wholesale blame that some Western critics still lazily throw at it.
In this case, the jury is evenly divided, forcing Athena to give the verdict, which is to acquit Orestes.

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