All 7 Uses of
acquit
in
Great Expectations
- For such reasons, I was very glad when ten o'clock came and we started for Miss Havisham's; though I was not at all at my ease regarding the manner in which I should acquit myself under that lady's roof.
Chpt 8 (definition 1) *acquit = handle (conduct or behave)
- A score or so of years ago, that woman was tried at the Old Bailey for murder, and was acquitted.
Chpt 48 (definition 2)acquitted = officially found "not guilty"
- But she was acquitted.
Chpt 48 (definition 2)
- "Yes; but not only that," said Wemmick, "she went into his service immediately after her acquittal, tamed as she is now."
Chpt 48 (definition 2) *acquittal = official finding of "not guilty"
- No; she was acquitted.
Chpt 50 (definition 2)acquitted = officially found "not guilty"
- This acquitted young woman and Provis had a little child; a little child of whom Provis was exceedingly fond.
Chpt 50 (definition 2)
- After the acquittal she disappeared, and thus he lost the child and the child's mother.
Chpt 50 (definition 2)acquittal = official finding of "not guilty"
Definitions:
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(1) (acquit as in: she acquitted herself well) to handle oneself in a specified way -- which is typically in a positive way
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(2) (acquit as in: she was acquitted) to officially find "not guilty" of criminal chargeseditor's notes: Note that to be acquitted is not the same as being declared innocent of an offense due to the presumption of innocence in the American judicial system. The court determines if there is sufficient evidence to find someone guilty. Some crimes require a lot of evidence for a conviction, so while there may not be enough evidence to declare someone guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt, there also may not be enough evidence to declare a defendant innocent except through the presumption of innocence.