acquittance
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I come not in resentment, but for acquittance.
From The Gamester (1753) by Peake, Charles H.
Footnote 326: The Duke of Clarence was at Bourdeaux, February 5, 1413, and signed an acquittance there, April 14, 1413.
From Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth by Tyler, James Endell
Cleret left it, without acquittance; and his conduct was approved by his master.
From The Boke of Noblesse by Unknown
The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
The paymaster could not, through the multiplicity of forms and the exaction of impossible conditions, get a prompt acquittance.
From Burke by Morley, John
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