acquittance
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He sent a sigh and a love-token, commending himself to her best thoughts, until he should gain his acquittance so far as to visit Lathom.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John
The paymaster could not, through the multiplicity of forms and the exaction of impossible conditions, get a prompt acquittance.
From Burke by Morley, John
The conversation soon turned on a topic, on which the emigrants every where were peculiarly anxious to be set right with English feeling, namely, their acquittance from the charge of having fled unnecessarily.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various
And with arms folded proudly on his breast, he waited for the acquittance that seemed to be his due.
From Beatrix of Clare by Underwood, Clarence F.
The enemy, recovering from their confusion, seized him in default of his master, and without further ado bore him away as a visible acquittance of themselves to the abbot.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John
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