Quittance
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkwɪtəns/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Quittance is a noun meaning A release or acquittal.
Meaning
A release or acquittal.
More Meanings
- A discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge.
- (obsolete) Recompense; return; repayment.
- (obsolete, transitive) To acquit; to repay.
Example Sentences
I marvel why I answer’d not again; But that’s all one: omittance is no quittance.
Qu[een]. Ah Mortimer! now breaks the kings hate forth, And he confesseth that he loues me not. Mor[timer] iu[nior]. Crie quittance Madam then, & loue not him.
[…] Plutus, the god of gold, Is but his steward: no meed but he repays Sevenfold above itself; no gift to him But breeds the giver a return exceeding All use of quittance.
Word Forms
- quittances
- quittancing
- quittanced
Synonyms for quittance
Depending on context, synonyms include acquittance, exculpation, exoneration, absolution, acquitment, acquittal.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include repayment, acquittal, acquittance, quittal, acquittaunce, acquitment.
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