quittance

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When Khayyam quittance at Death's hand receives, And sheds his outworn life, as trees their leaves, Full gladly will he sift this world away, Ere dustmen sift his ashes in their sieves.

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar

Satisfac′tion, state of being satisfied: gratification: comfort: that which satisfies: amends: atonement: payment, quittance: conviction: repairing a wrong, as by a duel.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Thus, silver certificates, without being "legal tender," are a means of legal quittance from obligations to the Federal Government.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.

"Well, then, it shall be yours, if you give up all claim to the hand of Meenie Ritchie, and give me in writing an entire quittance on that score."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various

There is something base In mere existence—something in the face Of men and women which accepts the earth, And all its havings, as its right of birth, But not its quittance, not its resting-place.

From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric