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acquit

/əkˈwɪt/uh-KWIT
/əkˈwɪt/uh-KWIT

Meaningdischarged, free

Common meaning: to declare not guilty

Journey through time

  1. Latinquietus‘dis- charged, free’source
  2. Late Latinacquietaresource
  3. Old Frenchaquitersource
  4. Middle Englishacwitensource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsdis- charged, free → to declare not guiltyacquit‘to declare not guilty’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin quietus ‘discharged, free’.

Roots

  • quietus Latin “discharged, free”

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