All 12 Uses of

acquit
in
Nineteen Minutes

It was about not letting her feelings interfere with her ability to get Loomis Bronchetti acquitted.
Chpt 1

acquitted = officially found "not guilty"

You were facing an unknown client who may or may not have had a chance in hell of acquittal; the trick, however, was to remain simultaneously impassive and impressive.
Chpt 1

acquittal = official finding of "not guilty"

Jordan would be the first to tell you insanity defenses rarely worked and were grossly overrated, but maybe Peter could be passed off as the real deal-and that was the key to securing an acquittal.
Chpt 1

So are ninety-nine percent of my clients, and it's never stopped me from getting acquittals before.
Chpt 1

acquittals = official findings of "not guilty"

But deep down, you don't want Peter Houghton to get acquitted.
Chpt 1

acquitted = officially found "not guilty"

A jury's not made up of battered women, but they've been known to acquit them before.
Chpt 1 *

The likelihood of you being acquitted is slim, but I'm still going to do whatever I can for you.
Chpt 2

Jordan opened his mouth, intending to tell his client absolutely fucking not, he would not be taking the stand and ruining the tower of cards Jordan had created in the hope of an acquittal.
Chpt 2

acquittal = official finding of "not guilty"

Jordan had done his job too well: after five months of telling Peter that he could get him acquitted, that he had a strategy, that he knew what he was doing, Peter, goddammit, had picked this moment to finally believe him.
Chpt 2

acquitted = officially found "not guilty"

Definitions:

(1) (acquit as in: she was acquitted)
to officially find "not guilty" of criminal charges

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.
(2) (acquit as in: she acquitted herself well)
to handle oneself in a specified way -- which is typically in a positive way
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

Much less commonly and archaically, acquit can have other meanings. It can mean to release from a duty, as when Jane Austen wrote "I cannot acquit him of that duty" in her novel, Pride and Prejudice.

It can also mean to perform or complete an obligation, as when Charles Dickens wrote "I have a business charge to acquit myself of," in his novel, A Tale of Two Cities.