acquittance

Example Sentences

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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 Cleveland, Grover

And here--for I cannot transact business with thee without a receipt--on this wax tablet I have written the acquittance.

From Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 by Dahn, Felix

So these 'great' men magnanimously salved their qualms of conscience, and satisfied the questions of their pride; and it is further added, his pension was ever after paid without further acquittance.

From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton

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

And with arms folded proudly on his breast, he waited for the acquittance that seemed to be his due.

From Beatrix of Clare by Underwood, Clarence F.