"acquittance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈkwɪtəns/ Forms: acquittances [plural]
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman acquitance, Middle French aquitance, from acquiter (“to acquit”). Compare later acquittal. Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|acquitance}} Anglo-Norman acquitance, {{der|en|frm|aquitance}} Middle French aquitance Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-acquittance-en-noun-0OdQnWZC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 18 2 2 33 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 21 3 3 31 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 19 1 1 33 2
  2. (now rare) Payment of debt; settlement. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-acquittance-en-noun-KIykquBX
  3. (now historical) The release from a debt, or from some obligation or duty; exemption. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-acquittance-en-noun-fI3J3xd0
  4. (obsolete) The dismissal of a legal charge against someone; acquittal. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-acquittance-en-noun-CS0vepRk
  5. (now rare) The acquittal of one's duties; the carrying out of fulfilment of a job or role. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-acquittance-en-noun-hETIDBG4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: acquittaunce [obsolete]

Verb

IPA: /əˈkwɪtəns/ Forms: acquittances [present, singular, third-person], acquittancing [participle, present], acquittanced [participle, past], acquittanced [past]
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman acquitance, Middle French aquitance, from acquiter (“to acquit”). Compare later acquittal. Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|acquitance}} Anglo-Norman acquitance, {{der|en|frm|aquitance}} Middle French aquitance Head templates: {{en-verb}} acquittance (third-person singular simple present acquittances, present participle acquittancing, simple past and past participle acquittanced)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To acquit. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-acquittance-en-verb-DHB9Anap
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: acquittaunce [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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