See acquit in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
- (Law)
To free from a charge or imputation of guilt:
absolve, clear, exculpate, exonerate, vindicate. (Law) purge. See law To conduct oneself in a specified way:
act, bear, behave, carry, comport, demean1, deport, do, quit. See be
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