to acquit
28
7.4
- verb
- /əˈkwɪt/
:
absolver
- We don't need to believe in the man's innocence to acquit him, just so he hasn't been proved guilty.
We ask them to convict those they are sure are guilty and to acquit everyone else.
- We ask them to convict those they are sure are guilty and to acquit everyone else.
- The jury wants to acquit irrespective of the facts, irrespective of the law.
- Regardless, people watched that video and then voted to acquit.
- And because they've already condemned him to death Calisthenase the previous day, they acquit Ergophilus.
- He was, as a defendant, sort of race was primarily used to help acquit him.
- But the second time after the retrial, after the judge died five years, obviously got the verdict free, get convicted, the murder, you and your cousin got acquitted.
Examples
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Iranian Court Acquits Serial Killers
Academic text (2007) -
We ask them to convict those they are sure are guilty and to acquit everyone else.
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Didn't they acquit that woman who shot her husband because he was beating her?
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The jury voted 11-1 to acquit.
Academic text (2009) -
The jury wants to acquit irrespective of the facts, irrespective of the law.
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The jury will acquit.
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If I'm on that jury, Danny Buck, I'm votin' to acquit.
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By the time it got to Keller, there were six voting to convict and three voting to acquit.
Fiction book (2000) -
The jury decided to acquit the defendant after reviewing all the evidence presented during the trial.
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After a lengthy trial, the judge will acquit those who have not been proven guilty.
Synonyms
129
8.2
To say officially that someone is not guilty of a crime
50
7.2
Make someone officially free from blame, guilt, or responsibility
5
7.2
Officially say that someone is not guilty of a crime
3
9.9
To say officially that someone is not guilty of a crime
To say someone is not guilty of a crime
Antonyms
How Excused
- Formal
129
8.2
- Formal
92
3.9
28
7.4
- Informal
64
4.1
75
3.5
∞
1.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Acquit comes from the Latin words ad- ('to') and quietus ('free' or 'at rest'), the same root as quiet. It originally meant 'to free someone from a debt', so to acquit someone today is to 'set them free' from blame or a criminal charge.