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。