acquittance

He fared no better than many of his contemporaries once the Beatles arrived in the U.S. in 1964, but he found his way into other professions through a wide range of friends and acquittances.

The actual line is: “Awaiting reprisal, death will be their acquittance.”

The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.

Consequently, whatever is received from that trade must be placed to the credit and acquittance of the Philipinas, against the amount charged to them.

Nay,—I'll not haste thee to thy last acquittance, Ill-fated wretch!—I do repent mine haste.