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acquit
English
Etymology
From Middle English aqu??ten (“to give in return; to pay, repay; to redeem (a pledge, security), to make good (a promise); to make amends; to relieve of an obligation; to acquit, clear of a charge; to free; to deprive of; to do one's part, acquit oneself; to act, behave (in a certain way)”), from Old French aquiter (“to act, do”) and Medieval Latin acquit?re (“to settle a debt”), from ad- (“prefix meaning ‘to’”) + quitare (“to free”), equivalent to a- +? quit. See quit and compare acquiet.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ?-kw?t, IPA(key): /??kw?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
- Hyphenation: ac?quit
Verb
acquit (third-person singular simple present acquits, present participle acquitting, simple past acquitted, past participle acquitted or (archaic) acquit)
- (transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.
- Synonyms: absolve, clear, exculpate, exonerate
- Antonyms: condemn, convict
- (transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.
- (transitive) Followed by of (and formerly by from): to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge.
- (reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.
- (reflexive) To clear oneself.
- (transitive, archaic) past participle of acquit.
- (transitive, obsolete) To release, to rescue, to set free.
- (transitive, obsolete, rare) To pay for; to atone for.
Alternative forms
- acquite (obsolete)
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:acquit
Derived terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- acquittal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- acquit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914) , “acquit”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume I (A–C), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., OCLC 1078064371.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ki/
Verb
acquit
- third-person singular past historic of acquérir
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exonerate
English
Etymology
From Latin exoner?t-, the participle stem of exoner?re, from exoner? (“to discharge, unload; to exonerate”), from ex- (prefix denoting privation) + oner? (“to burden, lade; to load”) (from onus (“burden, load”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?énh?os (“burden, load”), from *h?enh?- (“to charge, onerate”)). The English word is cognate with French exonérer.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???z?n??e?t/, /??-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???z?n???e?t/, /??-/
- Hyphenation: ex?o?ner?ate
Verb
exonerate (third-person singular simple present exonerates, present participle exonerating, simple past and past participle exonerated)
- (transitive, archaic) To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
- (obsolete, reflexive) Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself).
- (transitive) To free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task.
- (transitive) To free (someone) from accusation or blame.
- Synonyms: acquit, exculpate; see also Thesaurus:acquit
Derived terms
- exonerated (adjective)
- exoneration
- exonerative
- exonerator
Translations
Adjective
exonerate
- (archaic) Freed from an obligation; freed from accusation or blame; acquitted, exonerated.
Latin
Verb
exoner?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of exoner?
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