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acquittance

English

Alternative forms

  • acquittaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman acquitance, Middle French aquitance, from acquiter (“to acquit”). Compare later acquittal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??kw?t?ns/

Noun

acquittance (countable and uncountable, plural acquittances)

  1. (now historical) A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand. [from 14th c.]
  2. (now rare) Payment of debt; settlement. [from 14th c.]
  3. (now historical) The release from a debt, or from some obligation or duty; exemption. [from 14th c.]
  4. (obsolete) The dismissal of a legal charge against someone; acquittal. [15th–19th c.]
    • 1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Oxford 1999, p. 82:
      This was a task more difficult than that of self acquittance.
  5. (now rare) The acquittal of one's duties; the carrying out of fulfilment of a job or role. [from 17th c.]

Verb

acquittance (third-person singular simple present acquittances, present participle acquittancing, simple past and past participle acquittanced)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To acquit.

References

  • acquittance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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acquittanced

English

Verb

acquittanced

  1. simple past tense and past participle of acquittance

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