Topic: LAW
 |
| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | acquiter, from quite 'free of' |
| |||||||||
ac‧quit
past tense and past participle acquitted, present participle acquitting
past tense and past participle acquitted, present participle acquitting1 [transitive usually passive]SCL to give a decision in a court of law that someone is not guilty of a crime : 
All the defendants were acquitted.
All the defendants were acquitted.2 to do something well, especially something difficult that you do for the first time in front of other people
