Acquit
Acquit ({not transcribed}) , past participle
Acquitted; set free; rid of. [Archaic] — Shakespeare
Acquit , transitive verb
[Old English aquiten, Old French aquiter, French acquitter; {not transcribed} (Latin ad) + Old French quiter, French quitter, to quit. See Quit, and compare 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.
2.
To pay for; to atone for. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
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.
(a) To clear one's self.
(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. — Shakespeare