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Acquit vs. Convict — What's the Difference?

Acquit vs. Convict — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Acquit and Convict

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Acquit

(Law) To find not guilty of a criminal offense.

Convict

A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison". Convicts are often also known as "prisoners" or "inmates" or by the slang term "con", while a common label for former convicts, especially those recently released from prison, is "ex-con" ("ex-convict").

Acquit

To conduct (oneself) in a specified manner
Acquitted herself well during the interview.

Convict

(Law) To find or prove (someone) guilty of an offense or crime, especially by the verdict of a court
The jury convicted the defendant of manslaughter.

Acquit

(Archaic) To release or discharge from an obligation, such as a debt.
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Convict

To show or declare to be blameworthy; condemn
His remarks convicted him of a lack of sensitivity.

Acquit

(Obsolete) To repay.

Convict

To make aware of one's sinfulness or guilt.

Acquit

(transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.

Convict

To return a verdict of guilty in a court
"We need jurors ... who will not convict merely because they are suspicious" (Scott Turow).

Acquit

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

Convict

A person found or declared guilty of an offense or crime.

Acquit

(transitive) 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.

Convict

A person serving a sentence of imprisonment.

Acquit

(reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.
The soldier acquitted herself well in battle.
The orator acquitted himself very poorly.

Convict

(transitive) To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.
His remarks convicted him of a lack of sensitivity.

Acquit

(reflexive) To clear oneself.

Convict

To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).

Acquit

Past participle of acquit.

Convict

(legal) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.

Acquit

To release, to rescue, to set free.

Convict

A person deported to a penal colony.

Acquit

To pay for; to atone for.

Convict

The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.

Acquit

Acquitted; set free; rid of.

Convict

A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes.

Acquit

To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.
A responsibility that can never be absolutely acquitted.

Convict

Proved or found guilty; convicted.
Convict by flight, and rebel to all law.

Acquit

To pay for; to atone for.

Convict

A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime.

Acquit

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.

Convict

A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.

Acquit

To clear one's self.

Convict

To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience.
He [Baxter] . . . had been convicted by a jury.
They which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one.

Acquit

Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;
The suspect was cleared of the murder charges

Convict

To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute.

Acquit

Behave in a certain manner;
She carried herself well
He bore himself with dignity
They conducted themselves well during these difficult times

Convict

To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove.
Imagining that these proofs will convict a testament, to have that in it which other men can nowhere by reading find.

Convict

To defeat; to doom to destruction.
A whole armado of convicted sail.

Convict

A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

Convict

A person who has been convicted of a criminal offence

Convict

Find or declare guilty;
The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced

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