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
Vocabulary lists containing acquittance
Example Sentences
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Nor shall we build on these our confidence Who give less reins to reason than to sense: Yet for redemption of their husbands' lands, Seal our acquittance with your graceful hands.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert
And, therefore, after this general acquittance of all believers, ver.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
From the three debts384 acquittance earn, And with thy wrath the wicked burn, O'er all of us thy rule extend, And cheer with boons each faithful friend.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
Here I return my trust, nor ask One penny for remittance; If I have well perform'd my task, Pray send me an acquittance.
From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by Browning, William Ernst
So these 'great' men magnanimously salved their qualms of conscience, and satisfied the questions of their pride; and it is further added, his pension was ever after paid without further acquittance.
From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton
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