To set free; to release or discharge from an obligation, accusation, guilt, censure, suspicion, or whatever lies upon a person as a charge or duty; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions. It is followed by of before the object; to acquit from is obsolete. In a reciprocal sense, as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle, the word has a like sense, implying the discharge of a duty or obligation. Hence its use in expressing excellence in performance; as the orator acquitted himself well, that is, in a manner that his situation and public expectation demanded.
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1. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.
2. To pay for; to atone for.
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.
1. A judicial setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense; as, by verdict of a jury, or sentence of a court.
2. The acquittal of a principal operates as an acquittal of the accessories.
1. The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.
2. A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.
1. A discharge or release from a debt.
2. The writing, which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand.
1. The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.
2. A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand.
To acquit.
Set free, or judicially discharge from an accusation; released from a debt, duty, obligation, charge, or suspicion of guilt.
One who acquits or releases.
Setting free from accusation; releasing from a charge, obligation, or suspicion of guilt.
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Accounts Roget’s Thesaurus §811
N. accounts, accompts|, commercial arithmetic, monetary arithmetic, statistics, money matters, finance, budget, bill, score, reckoning, account, books, account book, ledger, day book, cash book, pass book, journal, debtor and creditor account, cash account, running account, account current, balance, balance sheet, compte rendu, account settled, acquit, assets, expenditure, liabilities, outstanding accounts, profit and loss account, profit and loss statement, receipts, bookkeeping, accounting, double entry bookkeeping, reckoning, audit, accountant, auditor, actuary, bookkeeper, bean counter, financier, accounting party, chartered accountant, certified accountant, accounting firm, auditing firm
V. keep accounts, enter, post, book, credit, debit, carry over, take stock, balance accounts, make up accounts, square accounts, settle accounts, wind up accounts, cast up accounts, make accounts square, square accounts, bring to book, tax, surcharge and falsify, audit, field audit, check the books, verify accounts, falsify an account, garble an account, cook an account, cook the books, doctor an account
Adj. monetary, accountable, accounting
Forgiveness Roget’s Thesaurus §918
N. forgiveness, pardon, condonation, grace, # remission, absolution, amnesty, oblivion, indulgence, reprieve, conciliation, reconcilement, reconciliation, propitiation, excuse, exoneration, quittance, release, indemnity, bill of indemnity, act of indemnity, covenant of indemnity, deed of indemnity, exculpation, longanimity, placability, amantium irae, locus paenitentiae, forbearance
V. forgive, forgive and forget, pardon, condone, think no more of, let bygones be bygones, shake hands, forget an injury, excuse, pass over, overlook, wink at, bear with, allow for, make allowances for, let one down easily, not be too hard upon, pocket the affront, let off, remit, absolve, give absolution, reprieve, acquit, beg pardon, ask pardon, implore pardon, conciliate, propitiate, placate, make up a quarrel, let the wound heal
Adv. cry you mercy
Phr. veniam petimusque damusque vicissim, more in sorrow than in anger, comprendre tout c'est tout pardonner, "the offender never pardons"
Exemption Roget’s Thesaurus §927a
N. exemption, freedom, irresponsibility, immunity, liberty, license, release, exoneration, excuse, dispensation, absolution, franchise, renunciation, discharge, exculpation
V. be exempt, exempt, release, acquit, discharge, quitclaim, remise, remit, free, set at liberty, let off, pass over, spare, excuse, dispense with, give dispensation, license, stretch a point, absolve, exonerate, save the necessity
Adj. exempt, free, immune, at liberty, scot-free, released, unbound, unencumbered, irresponsible, unaccountable, not answerable, excusable
Phr. bonis nocet quisquis pepercerit malis, 2, moral sentiments
Vindication Roget’s Thesaurus §937
N. vindication, justification, warrant, # exoneration, exculpation, acquittal, whitewashing, extenuation, palliation, palliative, softening, mitigation, reply, defense, recrimination, apology, gloss, varnish, plea, salvo, excuse, extenuating circumstances, allowance, allowance to be made, locus paenitentiae, apologist, vindicator, justifier, defendant, justifiable charge, true bill, v, justify, warrant, be an excuse, for, lend a color, furnish a handle, vindicate, exculpate, disculpate, acquit, clear, set right, exonerate, whitewash, clear the skirts of, extenuate, palliate, excuse, soften, apologize, varnish, slur, gloze, put a gloss, put a good face upon, mince, gloss over, bolster up, help a lame dog over a stile, advocate, defend, plead one's cause, stand up for, stick up for, speak up for, contend for, speak for, bear out, keep in countenance, support, plead &c, 617, say in defense, plead ignorance, confess and avoid, propugn, put in a good word for, take the will for the deed, make allowance for, give credit for, do justice to, give one his due, give the devil his due, make good, prove the truth of, prove one's case, be justified by the event
Adj. vindicated, vindicating, exculpatory, apologetic, excusable, defensible, pardonable, venial, veniable, specious, plausible, justifiable
Phr. "honi sot qui mal y pense", "good wine needs no bush."
Innocence Roget’s Thesaurus §946
N. innocence, guiltlessness, # incorruption, impeccability, clean hands, clear conscience, mens sibi conscia recti, innocent, lamb, dove
V. be innocent, nil conscire sibi nulla pallescere culpa, acquit, exculpate
Adj. innocent, not guilty, unguilty, guiltless, faultless, sinless, stainless, bloodless, spotless, clear, immaculate, rectus in curia, unspotted, unblemished, unerring, undefiled, unhardened, saturnian, arcadian, inculpable, unculpable, unblamed, unblamable, blameless, unfallen, inerrable, above suspicion, irreproachable, irreprovable, irreprehensible, unexceptionable, unobjectionable, unimpeachable, salvable, venial, harmless, inoffensive, innoxious, innocuous, dove-like, lamb- like, pure, harmless as doves, innocent as a lamb, innocent as the babe unborn, "more sinned against than sinning", virtuous, unreproved, unimpeached, unreproached
Adv. innocently, with clean hands, with a clear conscience, with a safe conscience
Phr. murus aeneus conscientia sana
Acquittal Roget’s Thesaurus §970
N. acquittal, acquitment, clearance, # exculpation, acquittance, clearance, exoneration, discharge, quietus, absolution, compurgation, reprieve, respite, pardon, impunity, diplomatic immunity, immunity, plea bargain, deal with the prosecutor, no cause for action, no damages
V. acquit, exculpate, exonerate, clear, absolve, whitewash, assoil, discharge, release, liberate, reprieve, respite, pardon, let off, let off scot- free, drop the charges, plea bargain, strike a deal, no-cause, get no-caused
Phr. nemo bis punitur pro codem delicto
King James Bible KJV Bible
Berean Standard Bible BSB Bible
3 KJV and 7 BSB verses contain “acquit”
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
For wisdom is a loving spirit; and will not acquit a blasphemer of his words: for God is witness of his reins, and a true beholder of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.