Latin

Noun

quiētantia f ‎(genitive quiētantiae); first declension

1. a release or acquittal
2. a discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• Old French: quitance

• French: quittance

• Italian: quietanza

Etymology 2

Inflected form of quiētāns ‎(“calming”).

Participle

quiētantia

1. nominative neuter plural of quiētāns
2. accusative neuter plural of quiētāns
3. vocative neuter plural of quiētāns

References

• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “quietantia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• quietantia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016