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WordBand 8–8.5Toofey picks
acquit
/əˈkwɪt/
verb
To declare officially that a person is not guilty of a crime.
- “The court decided to acquit the man because the evidence was weak.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))