acquittance
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And with arms folded proudly on his breast, he waited for the acquittance that seemed to be his due.
From Beatrix of Clare by Clarence F. Underwood
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 William Ernst Browning
Gurth at length complied; and telling out eighty zecchins upon the table, the Jew delivered out to him an acquittance for the horse and suit of armour.
From Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
"Now must your conscience my acquittance seal."—Act iv.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 by Various
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 Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
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