quittance

UK /ˈkwɪtəns/ US /ˈkwɪtəns/
noun 3verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

A release or acquittal.

2

A discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge.

I marvel why I answer’d not again; But that’s all one: omittance is no quittance.

3

Recompense; return; repayment.

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.

verb

1

To acquit; to repay.

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