Exculpate vs. Acquit
Exculpateverb
To clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.
Acquitverb
(transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.
Exculpateverb
To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.
‘He exculpated himself from being the author of the heroic epistle.’; ‘I exculpate him further for his writing against me.’;
Acquitverb
(transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.
Exculpateverb
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;
‘The suspect was cleared of the murder charges’;
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.’;
Exculpateverb
show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing
‘the article exculpated the mayor’;
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.’;
Acquitverb
(reflexive) To clear oneself.
Acquitverb
past participle of acquit.
Acquitverb
To release, to rescue, to set free.
Acquitverb
To pay for; to atone for.
Acquit
Acquitted; set free; rid of.
Acquitverb
To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.
‘A responsibility that can never be absolutely acquitted.’;
Acquitverb
To pay for; to atone for.
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’;
