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A written release from an obligation, such as a receipt indicating payment in full.


1. a release from or settlement of a debt, etc
2. a record of this, such as a receipt


(əˈkwɪt ns)

1. the discharge of a debt or obligation.
2. a document giving evidence of this.
[1300–50; Middle English < Old French]
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Noun1.acquittance - a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligationacquittance - a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
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But fall'n he is, and now What rests, but that the mortal Sentence pass On his transgression, Death denounc't that day, Which he presumes already vain and void, Because not yet inflicted, as he fear'd, By some immediate stroak; but soon shall find Forbearance no acquittance ere day end.
Omittance is no acquittance," growled the jailer, "and I shall certainly wring their necks before twenty-four hours are over: you may be sure of that.
B) If the supervisor doctor practices the treatment with the permission of the patient without getting his acquittance, the jurisprudents make him responsible with regard to loss rule.
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The bookseller Perez was paid three hundred and three maravedi's by the church warden for bringing the main body of a music book of the works of Navarro that are for the mentioned Church as shown in the acquittance [1606] (54)
He then attributed this instance on rotation to annoyance of head of Future Bloc, MP Foad Siniora, of the Impossible Acquittance book, in which the FPM claimed that the governments of Hariri and Siniora spent public money without clear auditing and ultimately left Lebanon bankrupt.
Acquittance is a written receipt that attests to settling a fine or debt.