All 4 Uses of
acquit
in
Inheritance
- You acquitted yourself most bravely.†
Chpt 7 *
- Ever since Katrina's father, Sloan, had betrayed the villagers of Carvahall and killed Mandel's father, Byrd, Mandel had seemed desperate to prove himself the equal of any man in the village; he had acquitted himself with honor in the last two battles between the Varden and the Empire.
Chpt 13acquitted = handled (conducted or behaved)
- It was as if she wanted something from him, as if she wanted him to prove …. what, he knew not, but he was determined to acquit himself as well as he could.
Chpt 24acquit = handle (conduct or behave)
- You acquitted yourself well, Eragon.
Chpt 70 *acquitted = handled (conducted or behaved)
Definitions:
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(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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(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.