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acquittance

[ uh-kwit-ns ]

/ əˈkwɪt ns /

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noun

the act of acquitting.

the discharge of a debt or obligation.

a document or receipt as evidence of the discharge of a debt or obligation.

Origin of acquittance

1300–50; Middle English aquitance < Old French. See acquit, -ance

Words nearby acquittance

acquisition, acquisition accounting, acquisitive, acquit, acquittal, acquittance, acr-, acral, acraldehyde, acrania, acrasin

Example sentences from the Web for acquittance

Then seeing that I waited (for they had forgot to give me my acquittance), they dropped talking suddenly.

Sir Ludar |Talbot Baines Reed
Pray settle accompts with Barnes; take what money of mine is in his hands, and give him acquittance.

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker |Tobias Smollett
Bodlyes Chest, as appeares by Dr. Chaworthes acquittance in the same box.'

Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 |William Dunn Macray
In that case the acquittance falls on the land, and not on the person.

The Common Law |Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

So I sente my acquittance, for they said without mine ther would be no end made (& ther was good reason for it).

Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' |William Bradford

British Dictionary definitions for acquittance

acquittance

/ (əˈkwɪtəns) /

noun

a release from or settlement of a debt, etc

a record of this, such as a receipt