acquittance
Americannoun
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the act of acquitting.
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the discharge of a debt or obligation.
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a document or receipt as evidence of the discharge of a debt or obligation.
noun
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a release from or settlement of a debt, etc
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a record of this, such as a receipt
Etymology
Origin of acquittance
1300–50; Middle English aquitance < Old French. See acquit, -ance
Example Sentences
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He fared no better than many of his contemporaries once the Beatles arrived in the U.S. in 1964, but he found his way into other professions through a wide range of friends and acquittances.
From Seattle Times
In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee.
From Project Gutenberg
Consequently, whatever is received from that trade must be placed to the credit and acquittance of the Philipinas, against the amount charged to them.
From Project Gutenberg
Nay,—I'll not haste thee to thy last acquittance, Ill-fated wretch!—I do repent mine haste.
From Project Gutenberg
There is one Richard Osannas, a witness to an acquittance in the later Anglo-Saxon times, the name being probably from the Frankish Osanna, which seems, however, to have been originally a woman's name.
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