To release or discharge, as from an obligation, accusation, guilt, censure, suspicion, or whatever is laid against or upon a person as a charge or duty; specifically, in law, to pronounce not guilty: as, we acquit a man of evil intentions; the jury acquitted the prisoner.To atone for.To settle, as a debt; requite; pay; discharge; fulfil.With a reflexive pronoun: To clear one's self.To behave; bear or conduct one's self: as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself indifferently.. To release; set free; rescue.Synonyms To exonerate, exculpate, discharge, set free. See absolve.To behave, act, bear, conduct, demean, deport, or quit (one's self).Past participle of acquit.