acquittance

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We had a right to set the slaves free; but the payment of the indemnity was no full acquittance of our obligations for the condition of a society which we had ourselves created.

From The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses by Froude, James Anthony

The enemy, recovering from their confusion, seized him in default of his master, and without further ado bore him away as a visible acquittance of themselves to the abbot.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

Bodlyes Chest, as appeares by Dr. Chaworthes acquittance in the same box.'

From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by Macray, William Dunn

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

And withal he hath got not only acquittance from guilt, but acquaintance with Jesus Christ, the Blessing of the nations, and the Desire of all the families of the earth.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh