acquit

/əˈkwɪt/ verb [T] (present participle acquitting, past tense and past participle acquitted)

Definition

› If someone is acquitted of a crime, a court of law decides that they are not guilty: [often passive] Both men were acquitted of murder.

(Definition of acquit verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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