acquittance
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The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
There is one Richard Osannas, a witness to an acquittance in the later Anglo-Saxon times, the name being probably from the Frankish Osanna, which seems, however, to have been originally a woman's name.
From Surnames as a Science by Ferguson, Robert
From the three debts384 acquittance earn, And with thy wrath the wicked burn, O'er all of us thy rule extend, And cheer with boons each faithful friend.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
"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
And, therefore, after this general acquittance of all believers, ver.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
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