Definitions
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- noun One who acquits or releases.
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- noun
Agent noun ofacquit ; one who acquits or releases.
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Examples
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All my fear is, that, as he knows I am in disgrace with a family whose esteem he is desirous to cultivate; and as he has obligations to my uncle Harlowe and to my father; he will be but a languid acquitter — not that I am afraid of what he, or any body in the world, can hear as to my conduct.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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This commission for dubbing a knight, and so distinguished a one, will be a very agreeable and creditable one for you, et il faut vous en acquitter galamment.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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But the verdict of general acquitter was returned in an atmosphere of general confusion, for a graver event had occurred to stupefy the world.
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Ce n'est pas si grave, notre patrimoine nous sauve mais voilà la drôle de "mission" dont il convient de "acquitter"; ceci dit, les sermons, les positions qui risquent de se sanctifier en postures, les bonnes résolutions moralisantes, je m'en tape, mais pour le coup, j'y cède
Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert
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[247] Ainsi nous protestons que Jesus-Christ est notre lavement entier et parfait, qu'en sa mort nous avons entiere satisfaction, pour nous acquitter de nos forfaits et iniquites dont nous sommes coupables, et ne pouvons etre delivres que par ce remede.
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Une femme est morte dans la prison d'Exeter après quarante cinq ans d'incarcération, cette dernière motivée par le fait qu'elle ne pouvait acquitter une dette de moins de 500 francs ...
Collections and Recollections George William Erskine Russell 1886
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En vous rappelant quelques traits de cette noble figure je voulais, comme je vous l'ai dit tout à l'heure, acquitter une dette de coeur envers un ami qui, jusqu'aux derniers moments de sa vie, m'a prodigué les marques d'affection.
Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. John Knox Laughton 1872
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"Mon cher Bertrand, donne moi cent écus, je te fais acquitter d'emblée."
The Paris Sketch Book William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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This commission for dubbing a knight, and so distinguished a one, will be a very agreeable and creditable one for you, 'et il faut vous en acquitter galamment'.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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All my fear is, that, as he knows I am in disgrace with a family whose esteem he is desirous to cultivate; and as he has obligations to my uncle Harlowe and to my father; he will be but a languid acquitter -- not that I am afraid of what he, or any body in the world, can hear as to my conduct.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 Samuel Richardson 1725
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