acquit
verb (used with object)
to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare not guilty.
was acquitting
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past progressiveof acquit.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Jake Shears, frontman of the Scissor Sisters, was acquitting himself amiably as Charlie, the shoe factory owner’s son, who unexpectedly finds himself in charge of the business after his father dies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2022
Zuckerberg evidently felt he was acquitting himself well.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2018
He heard that the little prince was acquitting himself surprisingly well, but his spies assured him that Eugene was no great shakes as a soldier.
From Time Magazine Archive
But it was not pleasant to fire at the back of an unoffending individual who was acquitting himself very coolly of his duty—so I let him alone.
From Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground by Constance Lindsay Skinner
She knew now how he had felt during the time when he had submitted to her attentions, and a sense of justice made her aware that he was acquitting himself handsomely.
From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Lucy Foster Madison
