acquittance

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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

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

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

"I understand," broke in Grog; "the purchase-money was never placed to the Viscount's credit, and your friend Dunn wants an acquittance in full of the claim."

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James

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

About eleven years afterwards, the same merchant gave an acquittance to Henry VIII. of England, for the sum of 152,180 l.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by Stevenson, William