acquitp. p. Acquitted; set free; rid of.(Shak.)v. t.[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.(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. To clear one's self.()()