Definition of "quittance"

quittance

/ˈkwɪtəns/

noun
plural quittances
1. A release or acquittal.
2. A discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge.
  Quotations
  I marvel why I answer’d not again;But that’s all one: omittance is no quittance.
  c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene v]
3. (obsolete) Recompense; return; repayment.
  Quotations
  Qu[een]. Ah Mortimer! now breaks the kings hate forth,And he confesseth that he loues me not.Mor[timer] iu[nior]. Crie quittance Madam then, & loue not him.
  1594 (first publication), Christopher Marlow[e], The Trovblesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edvvard the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, (please specify the page)
  […] Plutus, the god of gold,Is but his steward: no meed but he repaysSevenfold above itself; no gift to himBut breeds the giver a return exceedingAll use of quittance.
  c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene i]