ACQUIT, ACQUITTAL, ACQUITTANCE, ACQUITTED
ADJECTIVES
► ABSOLVATORY belonging to an acquittal or discharge; pardoning, forgiving → 1611 (Bk.)
► ACQUIT acquitted, cleared, set free → 1393 arch.
► CHUCKED acquitted; thrown out → L19 sl.
NOUNS
► ACQUIT the act of acquitting; discharge; acquittance, acquittal → 1475 obs.
► QUITMENT an acquittance; a discharge; a receipt → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUITTAL acquittal → 1592 obs.
► QUITTANCE acquittal → 1225 obs.
VERBS
► COME CLEAR to be acquitted on trial; to be exonerated → 1927 Amer. dial.
► SHEER to clear or acquit from blame → 1250 obs.
► SKERE to acquit one of a penalty or charge, to clear, to exculpate → 1225 obs.
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