acquittance

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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

If he be innocent, it is his bounden right to receive full acquittance here in the presence of those before whom he has been arraigned.

From Beatrix of Clare by Underwood, Clarence F.

I come not in resentment, but for acquittance.

From The Gamester (1753) by Peake, Charles H.

Cleret left it, without acquittance; and his conduct was approved by his master.

From The Boke of Noblesse by Unknown