transcription, транскрипция: [ əkwɪt ]
( acquits, acquitting, acquitted)
1.
If someone is acquitted of a crime in a court of law, they are formally declared not to have committed the crime.
Mr Ling was acquitted of disorderly behaviour by magistrates.
= clear
≠ convict
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed of n
2.
If you acquit yourself well or admirably in a particular situation, other people feel that you have behaved well or admirably. ( FORMAL )
Most officers and men acquitted themselves well throughout the action.
VERB : V pron-refl adv