different between deport vs acquit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French déporter. With the meaning of "behave", from Old French deporter (“behave”), from Latin deport?, from de- + port?.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??p??t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??p??t/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /d??po?t/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /d??po?t/

Verb

deport (third-person singular simple present deports, present participle deporting, simple past and past participle deported)

1. (reflexive, now rare) To comport (oneself); to behave.
   • December 30, 1710, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell

     Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner before a prince.

2. (transitive) To evict, especially from a country.
   • 2019, Jane MacLaren Walsh and Brett Topping, The Man Who Invented Aztec Crystal Skulls: The Adventures of Eugène Boban

     Boturini was accused of entering the country without permission, jailed, and deported to Spain eight years after his arrival in Mexico.

Translations

Anagrams

• de trop, ported, red top, red-top, redtop, troped

Catalan

Noun

deport m (plural deports)

1. sport

Synonyms

• esport

Old French

Noun

deport m (oblique plural deporz or deportz, nominative singular deporz or deportz, nominative plural deport)

1. enjoyment; fun

Descendants

• ? English: sport (from the alternative Old French desport)
• ? Portuguese: desporto (from the alternative Old French desport)

Old Occitan

Noun

deport m (oblique plural deports, nominative singular deports, nominative plural deport)

1. enjoyment; fun
   • 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Ges de chantar no.m pren talans

     Que d'aqui mou deportz e chans

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)

1. (transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.

   Synonyms: absolve, clear, exculpate, exonerate

   Antonyms: condemn, convict
2. (transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.
3. (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.
4. (reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.
5. (reflexive) To clear oneself.
6. (transitive, archaic) past participle of acquit.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To release, to rescue, to set free.
8. (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

1. third-person singular past historic of acquérir