Acquit vs. Exonerate

Acquitverb

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

Exonerateverb

To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).

Acquitverb

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

Exonerateverb

Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself).

Acquitverb

(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.’;

Exonerateverb

(transitive) To free from an obligation, responsibility or task.

Acquitverb

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

‘The soldier acquitted herself well in battle.’; ‘The orator acquitted himself very poorly.’;

Exonerateverb

(transitive) To free from accusation or blame.

Acquitverb

(reflexive) To clear oneself.

Exonerateadjective

(archaic) Freed from an obligation; freed from accusation or blame; acquitted, exonerated.

Acquitverb

past participle of acquit.

Exonerateverb

To unload; to disburden; to discharge.

‘All exonerate themselves into one common duct.’;

Acquitverb

To release, to rescue, to set free.

Exonerateverb

To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice.

Acquitverb

To pay for; to atone for.

Exonerateverb

To discharge from duty or obligation, as a bail.

Acquit

Acquitted; set free; rid of.

Exonerateverb

pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;

‘The suspect was cleared of the murder charges’;

Acquitverb

To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.

‘A responsibility that can never be absolutely acquitted.’;

Exonerateverb

(of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing

‘they should exonerate these men from this crime’; ‘an inquiry exonerated those involved’;

Acquitverb

To pay for; to atone for.

Exonerateverb

release someone from (a duty or obligation)

‘Pope Clement V exonerated the king from his oath to the barons’;

Acquitverb

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.

Acquitverb

To clear one's self.

Acquitverb

pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;

‘The suspect was cleared of the murder charges’;

Acquitverb

behave in a certain manner;

‘She carried herself well’; ‘he bore himself with dignity’; ‘They conducted themselves well during these difficult times’;