Acquit Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonyms for Acquit
To cancel or not exact penalty for (an offense); forgive
To conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner:
Conduct means to direct, particularly a meeting or a group of musicians.
To call for; require
Exonerate is defined as to relieve someone of a duty, or prove innocent.
Out of the way; completely away:
To clear of guilt or blame.
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Free means to release or let go.
(Chem.) To free from combination in a compound
To parole is to allow for the release of a prisoner.
To set free from confinement or bondage:
To give temporary relief to, as from trouble or pain
To vindicate is defined as to clear someone of criticism or blame.
To become clean, clear, or pure
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(Reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
To lower in status or character; degrade or humble:
To behave or conduct (oneself) in a specified way
To play the part of; assume the dramatic role of:
To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
To move along at a speed of
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To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.
To remove; to put off.
Antonyms for Acquit
To judge and find guilty of an offense charged
To adjudge someone guilty of a crime or to impose sentence, especially a severe penalty such as death or life imprisonment.
To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to doom; to condemn to punishment.
To ordain as a penalty
To find fault with (for something)
To express strong disapproval of or criticize severely, especially in an official capacity:
To condemn openly as being wrong or reprehensible.
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(--- Obs.) To condemn as guilty
Words Related to Acquit
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To behave
To grant a remission of sin to.
To serve as justification for:
aquitted
To act, react, function, or perform in a particular way:
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re-arrested
put on trial
(Informal, Dial.) To take legal action (against)
To seem to consist or be made of:
Find another word for acquit. In this page you can discover 43 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for acquit, like: pardon, comport, conduct, bear, See syn. study at, absolve, excuse, exonerate, indict, clear and aquitted.
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