acquittance
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And withal he hath got not only acquittance from guilt, but acquaintance with Jesus Christ, the Blessing of the nations, and the Desire of all the families of the earth.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
And, therefore, after this general acquittance of all believers, ver.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
Gurth at length complied; and telling out eighty zecchins upon the table, the Jew delivered out to him an acquittance for the horse and suit of armour.
From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir
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
We had a right to set the slaves free; but the payment of the indemnity was no full acquittance of our obligations for the condition of a society which we had ourselves created.
From The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses by Froude, James Anthony
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