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acquitted

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
acquit/əˈkwɪt/

▶verb (acquits, acquitting, acquitted)

1 formally declare (someone) not guilty of a criminal charge.

2 (acquit oneself) conduct oneself or perform in a specified way: the goalkeeper acquitted himself well.
■ (acquit oneself of) archaic discharge (a duty or responsibility).

– origin ME: from OFr. acquiter, from med. L. acquitare ‘pay a debt’, from ad- ‘to’ + quitare ‘set free’.

'acquitted' also found in these Oxford entries:

acquit - get - rap

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