- OE. aquiten, OF. aquiter, F. acquitter; �L. ad) + OF. quiter, F. quitter, to quit. See Quit, and cf. Acquiet
- To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.A responsibility that can never be absolutely acquitted.
- To pay for; to atone for.Obs
- 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.
- Reflexively: To clear one's self.Shak.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.To absolve; clear; exonerate; exonerate; exculpate; release; discharge. See Absolve.
