acquitting

verb

1. 1

   To declare or find innocent or not guilty.

2. 2

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

3. 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. 4

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

   “The orator acquitted himself very poorly.”

5. 5

   To clear oneself.

6. 6

   To release, to rescue, to set free.

7. 7

   To pay for; to atone for.