acquittance
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Here I return my trust, nor ask One penny for remittance; If I have well perform'd my task, Pray send me an acquittance.
From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by William Ernst Browning
Sir, I am paid for't, The summes you borrowed, are return'd; The bonds Cancel'd, and your acquittance formerly seal'd: Look here Sir, Gaspero is witness to it.
From The Laws of Candy Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) by Francis Beaumont
It was forced to redeem without redemption and to pay without acquittance.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland by Grover Cleveland
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 Clarence F. Underwood
But the burdens upon landed property rose so high, that for a long time, land together with house and farm, bore little value, and sometimes were offered in vain as acquittance for service and imposts.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. by Gustav Freytag
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