English

Alternative forms

• acquittaunce (obsolete)

Noun

acquittance ‎(plural acquittances)

1. The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.
2. A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand.
   • Shakespeare

     You can produce acquittances / For such a sum, from special officers.

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