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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It was forced to redeem without redemption and to pay without acquittance.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland by Cleveland, Grover
Bodlyes Chest, as appeares by Dr. Chaworthes acquittance in the same box.'
From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by Macray, William Dunn
Why, are you aware that this man executed an agreement with his brother, consenting to receive a fifth share of the estate, and costs out of pocket, in complete acquittance of all claims?
From Charlotte's Inheritance by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
But the burdens upon landed property rose so high, that for a long time, land together with house and farm, bore little value, and sometimes were offered in vain as acquittance for service and imposts.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav
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