acquit

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ac·quit [acquit acquits acquitted acquitting] BrE [əˈkwɪt] NAmE [əˈkwɪt] verb (-tt-)
1. ~ sb (of sth) to decide and state officially in court that sb is not guilty of a crime
•The jury acquitted him of murder.
•Both defendants were acquitted.
•She was acquitted on all charges.
•He was acquitted on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
Opp: ↑convict
2. ~ yourself well, badly, etc. (formal)to perform or behave well, badly, etc
•He acquitted himself brilliantly in the exams.
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Word Origin:
Middle English (originally in the sense ‘pay a debt, discharge a liability’): from Old French acquiter, from medieval Latin acquitare ‘pay a debt’, from ad- ‘to’ + quitare ‘set free’.

Thesaurus:
acquit verb T
•The jury acquitted him of murder.
clear • |formal exonerate • • absolve • • vindicate •
Opp: convict
acquit/clear/exonerate/absolve sb of sth
a defendant is acquitted/cleared/exonerated
Acquit or clear? Acquit is more formal than clear. Clear is used for sb who succeeds in having a conviction overturned (= cancelled)
•Throughout his years in prison, he fought to clear his name.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  behave, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate