acquittance

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Nor shall we build on these our confidence Who give less reins to reason than to sense: Yet for redemption of their husbands' lands, Seal our acquittance with your graceful hands.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

The paymaster could not, through the multiplicity of forms and the exaction of impossible conditions, get a prompt acquittance.

From Burke by Morley, John

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.

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.

"Now must your conscience my acquittance seal."—Act iv.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 by Various