Acquit. Discharge, exonerate, release, absolve, excuse, pardon, exculpate.

Ant. Charge, condemn, sentence, compel, indict, imprison.

Acquittal. Discharge, release, deliverance, liberation, absolution.

Ant. Judgment, punishment, penalty, trial, retribution, correction, castigation.

Acrimony. Bitterness, sharpness, sourness, tartness, severity, asperity, hardness, rancor, ill-temper, spite, unkindness.

Ant. Gentleness, good nature, kindness, sweetness, courtesy.

Act, n. Deed, performance, exploit, accomplishment, achievement, effect, movement, transaction, work.

Ant. Cessation, inertia, quiescence, inaction, rest, repose, quiet, deliberation.

Act, v. Work, do, perform, execute; behave; play, feign, pretend, dissemble; operate, have effect; be, realize, actualize.

Ant. Rest, cease, stop, stay; neglect, omit, mar, undo; expose, reveal, vaunt; be quiescent or latent; fancy; endure, suffer.