acquittance
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And, therefore, after this general acquittance of all believers, ver.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
Footnote 326: The Duke of Clarence was at Bourdeaux, February 5, 1413, and signed an acquittance there, April 14, 1413.
From Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth by Tyler, James Endell
"Now must your conscience my acquittance seal."—Act iv.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 by Various
The conversation soon turned on a topic, on which the emigrants every where were peculiarly anxious to be set right with English feeling, namely, their acquittance from the charge of having fled unnecessarily.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various
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