\Ac*quit"\, p. p.
Acquitted; set free; rid of. [Archaic] --Shak.

\Ac*quit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acquitted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Acquitting}.] [OE. aquiten, OF. aquiter, F. acquitter; ?
(L. ad) + OF. quiter, F. quitter, to quit. See {Quit}, and
cf. {Acquiet}.]
1. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay
   off; to requite.
         A responsibility that can never be absolutely
         acquitted.                            --I. Taylor.
2. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. 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.
4. Reflexively:
   (a) To clear one's self. --Shak.
   (b) 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.
Syn: To absolve; clear; exonerate; exonerate; exculpate;
     release; discharge. See {Absolve}.