- acquit someone of something
- acquit someone of somethingto establish someone's innocence of a criminal charge or the blame for some wrongdoing. •
The investigator acquitted Wally of the charges.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
acquit someone of something
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acquit — UK [əˈkwɪt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms acquit : present tense I/you/we/they acquit he/she/it acquits present participle acquitting past tense acquitted past participle acquitted [usually passive] to state officially that someone is not… … English dictionary
acquit — ac|quit [ ə kwıt ] verb transitive usually passive to state officially that someone is not guilty of the crime they were accused of: acquit someone of something: He was eventually acquitted of the charges. acquit yourself well/honorably/admirably … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
acquit yourself well — acquit yourself well/honourably/admirably etc/ phrase to behave or perform in a way that other people admire Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: acquit … Useful english dictionary
acquit yourself honourably — acquit yourself well/honourably/admirably etc/ phrase to behave or perform in a way that other people admire Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: acquit … Useful english dictionary
acquit yourself admirably — acquit yourself well/honourably/admirably etc/ phrase to behave or perform in a way that other people admire Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: acquit … Useful english dictionary
acquit — ac|quit [əˈkwıt] v past tense and past participle acquitted present participle acquitting [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: acquiter, from quite free of ] 1.) [T usually passive] to give a decision in a court of law that someone is not… … Dictionary of contemporary English
acquit — verb acquitted, acquitting 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 sb of sth: She was acquitted of murder. 2 acquit yourself… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
do justice — verb 1. bring out fully or to advantage (Freq. 1) This photograph does not do her justice • Hypernyms: ↑show • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s somebody Something s t … Useful english dictionary
release — re·lease 1 vt re·leased, re·leas·ing 1 a: to relieve or free from obligation, liability, or responsibility the debtor is released from all dischargeable debts b: to give up (a claim, title, or right) to the benefit of another person: surrender … Law dictionary
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exonerate — verb /ɪkˈsɒnəɹeɪt/ a) To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load). I would examine the Caspian Sea, and see where and how it exonerates itself, after it hath taken in Volga, Iaxartes, Oxus, and those great rivers; at the… … Wiktionary
