acquit及其名词形式acquittal在刑法中表示“宣告无罪”、“无罪释放”，在民事中，表示“免除（义务、责任）”，即release or discharge as from an obligation，responsibility etc.。例句：
The conviction was overturned at last and an acquittal entered.
译：判决最终被推翻，结果是无罪释放。
In 1999,Rehnquist become the second chief justice in U.S. history to preside over a presidential impeachment - that of President Bill Clinton, who was acquitted.
译：伦奎斯特于1999年成为美国历史上第二位主持弹劾总统的首席大法官，克林顿总统最终被宣告无罪。
