vt to clear one's self.
2. acquit ·vt to pay for; to atone for.
3. acquit ·p.p. acquitted; set free; rid of.
4. acquit ·vt to discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.
5. acquit ·vt to bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly.
6. acquit ·vt to set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge;
now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions.