Usually means: Declare not guilty of charges.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. acquit: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. acquit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. acquit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. acquit: Collins English Dictionary
  5. acquit: Vocabulary.com
  6. Acquit, acquit: Wordnik
  7. acquit: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. acquit: Wiktionary
  9. acquit: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. acquit: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. acquit: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. acquit: Dictionary.com
  13. acquit: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. acquit: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Acquit: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Acquit: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. acquit: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. acquit: Rhymezone
  19. acquit: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. acquit: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. acquit: Free Dictionary
  22. acquit: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. acquit: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. acquit: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. acquit: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. acquit: Legal dictionary
  6. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. acquit: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. acquit: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.
verb:  (transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.
verb:  (transitive) Followed by of (and formerly by from): to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge.
verb:  (reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.
verb:  (reflexive) To clear oneself.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To release, to rescue, to set free.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete, rare) To pay for; to atone for.

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