ppl. a., formerly ACQUIT. [f. ACQUIT v. + -ED.] Discharged, released, set free, exonerated (from a charge or offence).
1679. ‘Margery Mason,’ Tickler Tickled, 8. But what have these acquitted Offenders got by this Excuse?
1780. Burke, Sp. Econ. Ref., Wks. (1826), III. 247. It is not possible to give a fair verdict by which he will not stand acquitted.
