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- [uh-kwit]
- /əˈkwɪt/
- /əˈkwɪt/
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- [uh-kwit]
- /əˈkwɪt/
Definitions of acquit word
- verb acquit If someone is acquitted of a crime in a court of law, they are formally declared not to have committed the crime. 3
- verb acquit If you acquit yourself well or admirably in a particular situation, other people feel that you have behaved well or admirably. 3
- verb acquit to free or release (from a charge of crime) 3
- verb acquit to pronounce not guilty 3
- verb acquit to free or relieve (from an obligation, duty, responsibility, etc) 3
- verb acquit to repay or settle (something, such as a debt or obligation) 3
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Origin of acquit
First appearance:
before 1200 One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; Middle English aquiten < Anglo-French, Old French a(c)quiter, derivative, with a(c)- ac-, of quite free of obligations < Medieval Latin quit(t)us, Latin quiētus quiet1; cf. quit1
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Parts of speech for Acquit
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acquit popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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verb acquit
- vindicate — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- clear — Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
- absolve — If a report or investigation absolves someone from blame or responsibility, it formally states that he or she is not guilty or is not to blame.
- free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
Antonyms for acquit
verb acquit
- accuse — If you accuse someone of doing something wrong or dishonest, you say or tell them that you believe that they did it.
- blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
- convict — If someone is convicted of a crime, they are found guilty of that crime in a law court.
- punish — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- sentence — Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
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