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<hw>Ac*quist"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Acquest</er>.]</ety> <def>Acquisition; gain.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

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<hw>Ac*quit"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>p. p.</tt> <def>Acquitted; set free; rid of.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Ac*quit"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Acquitted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Acquitting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>aquiten</ets>, OF. <ets>aquiter</ets>, F. <ets>acquitter</ets>; <ets><?/</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + OF. <ets>quiter</ets>, F. <ets>quitter</ets>, to quit. See <er>Quit</er>, and cf. <er>Acquiet</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.</def>

<blockquote>A responsibility that can never be absolutely <b>acquitted</b>. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To pay for; to atone for.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by <i>of</i> before the charge, formerly by <i>from</i>; <as>as, the jury <ex>acquitted</ex> the prisoner; we <ex>acquit</ex> a man of evil intentions.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Reflexively: <sd>(a)</sd> To clear one's self.<i>k</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; <as>as, the soldier <ex>acquitted</ex> himself well in battle; the orator <ex>acquitted</ex> himself very poorly.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- To absolve; clear; exonerate; exonerate; exculpate; release; discharge. See <er>Absolve</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Ac*quit"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>aquitement</ets>.]</ety> <def>Acquittal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

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<hw>Ac*quit"tal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.</def>

<i>Bouvier.</i>

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<hw>Ac*quit"tance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>aquitance</ets>, fr. <ets>aquiter</ets>. See <er>Acquit</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand.</def>

<blockquote>You can produce <b>acquittances</b> For such a sum, from special officers. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Ac*quit"tance</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To acquit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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