Acquit

Ac·quit

Acquit

p. p.
  1. Acquitted; set free; rid of. [Archaic]

Acquit

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Acquitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Acquitting

  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. [Obs.]
  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. To clear one's self.