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countable and uncountable, plural acquittances
(now historical) A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand. quotations
You can produce acquittances / For such a sum, from special officers.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene i]
(now rare) Payment of debt; settlement.
(now historical) The release from a debt, or from some obligation or duty; exemption.
(obsolete) The dismissal of a legal charge against someone; acquittal. quotations
This was a task more difficult than that of self acquittance.
1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Oxford, published 1999, page 82
(now rare) The acquittal of one's duties; the carrying out of fulfilment of a job or role.
third-person singular simple present acquittances, present participle acquittancing, simple past and past participle acquittanced
(transitive, obsolete) To acquit.