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Quittance vs Acquittance - What's the difference?

quittance | acquittance |

As nouns the difference between quittance and acquittance

is that quittance is a release or acquittal while acquittance is the clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.

As a verb acquittance is

to acquit.

quittance

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a release or acquittal
  • a discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge
  • (obsolete) recompense; return; repayment
  • * 1607 , , I. i. 285:
  • No meed but he repays / Sevenfold above itself; no gift to him / But breeds the giver a return exceeding / All use of quittance .

    acquittance

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Alternative forms

    * acquittaunce (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.
  • A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand.
  • * Shakespeare
  • You can produce acquittances / For such a sum, from special officers.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (obsolete) To acquit.
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