Usually means: Formally declares someone not guilty.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word acquits:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. acquits: Merriam-Webster
  2. acquits: Collins English Dictionary
  3. acquits: Vocabulary.com
  4. Acquits, acquits: Wordnik
  5. acquits: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. acquits: Wiktionary
  7. acquits: Dictionary.com
  8. acquits: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. acquits: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. acquits: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. acquits: Legal dictionary

(Note: See acquit as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (acquit)

verb:  (transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.
verb:  (transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.
verb:  (transitive) to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge. [with of or (formerly) from]
verb:  (reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.
verb:  (reflexive) To clear oneself.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To release, to rescue, to set free.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete, rare) To pay for; to atone for.
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