acquittance

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In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

That this little foggy island of England should have given birth to such a man is of itself a moiety of our acquittance among the nations.

From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by Masson, David

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.

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 Scott, Walter, Sir

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

From The Boke of Noblesse by Unknown