acquit Copy link Outline 1. absolvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3 (usu. with de)2. lībĕro, 1 (with abl.)3. purgo, 1 (with abl.) • acquit: 1. absolvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3 (usu. with de): he was a.'d of collusion, de prevaricatione absolutus est, Cic.: to a. a person on a capital charge, aliquem capitis a., Nep.: that innocent slave is unanimously a.'d, servus ille innocens omnibus sententiis absolvitur, Cic. 2. lībĕro, 1 (with abl.): to a. a person of a charge, aliquem crimine l., Cic. 3. purgo, 1 (with abl.): Tiberius a.'d the young man of the charge of civil war, Tiberius adolescentem crimine civilis belli purgavit, Tac.: v. to release, discharge.
ACQUIT Copy link • ACQUITset free, liberare re or a re exsolvere re (release from): eximere re or ex re (to deliver from): levare re (relieve from what is desagreeable e.g., fear, sorrow, pain): expedire re (extricate from): extrahere ex re (drag out of): eripere ex or a re (snatch from). The last three of extricating from unpleasant circumstances; e.g., dangers. Pronounce guiltless, absolvere, PROP. et IMPROP., of anything, aliqua re or de aliqua re (e.g., regni suspicione, de praevaricatione): exsolvere aliqua re (e.g., suscipione): liberare aliqua re (set free, general term). To be acquitted, liberatum discedere: innocentem or innoxium absolvi; ex judicio emergere. Discharge a duty, officium exsequi, officio defungi; officii partes explere. To acquit one’s self admirably, etc., officium cumulate reddere (Cic., ad Div., 5, 8, 2). see DUTY. To acquit one’s self like a man, viruni se praestare.