Dictionary Entry
acquit
acquit is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Acquitted; set free; rid of. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1past participle
Acquitted; set free; rid of.
- 2transitive verb
To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.
- 3transitive verb
To pay for; to atone for.
- 4transitive verb
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.
- 5transitive verb
To clear one's self.
- 6transitive verb
To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly.
- 7verb
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
"The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
- 8verb
behave in a certain manner
"She carried herself well"
"he bore himself with dignity"
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