ac ‧ quit /əˈkwɪt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle acquitted , present participle acquitting )
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: acquiter , from quite 'free of' ]
1 . [transitive usually passive] to give a decision in a court of law that someone is not guilty of a crime:
All the defendants were acquitted.
acquit somebody of something
The judge directed the jury to acquit Phillips of the murder.
2 . acquit yourself well/honourably to do something well, especially something difficult that you do for the first time in front of other people