Acquit

[ə'kwɪt]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; 'The suspect was cleared of the murder charges'.

錄入:米尔顿--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(p. p.) Acquitted; set free; rid of.

(v. t.) To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.

(v. t.) To pay for; to atone for.

(v. t.) To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions.

(v. t.) To clear one's self.

(v. t.) To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly.

布伦达編輯

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Discharge (from an accusation), clear, release, absolve, exonerate, exculpate, excuse, pardon, forgive, quit, set free.

伊恩校對

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Discharge, exonerate, absolve, exculpate, release, dismiss, liberate, pardon,

ANT:Charge, accuse, impeach, constrain, implicate, bind, compel, condemn, oblige,sentence

整理:朱莉安娜

解釋/意思:

v.t. to free: to release: to settle as a debt: to behave or conduct (one's self): to declare innocent (with of before the thing of which acquitted):—pr.p. acquit′ting; pa.p. acquit′ted.—ns. Acquit′tal a judicial discharge from an accusation; Acquit′tance a discharge from an obligation or debt: a receipt in evidence of such a discharge.—v.t. (Shak.) to acquit clear.

校對:内尔