verb

1. To declare or find innocent or not guilty.

2. To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.

3. Followed by of (and formerly by from): to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge.

   "The jury acquitted the prisoner of the charge."

4. To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.

   "The orator acquitted himself very poorly."

5. To clear oneself.

6. To release, to rescue, to set free.

7. To pay for; to atone for.