acquittance

Example Sentences

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I come not in resentment, but for acquittance.

From The Gamester (1753) by Peake, Charles H.

The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Consequently, whatever is received from that trade must be placed to the credit and acquittance of the Philipinas, against the amount charged to them.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 by Abreu, Antonio Alvarez de

To be lenient and merciful is his inclination, and we are happy to communicate to you this most favorable tender for an acquittance of his claim.

From Shakespeare's Insomnia, and the Causes Thereof by Head, Franklin H. (Franklin Harvey)

If he be innocent, it is his bounden right to receive full acquittance here in the presence of those before whom he has been arraigned.

From Beatrix of Clare by Underwood, Clarence F.