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evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand. You can produce acquittances For such a sum, from special officers. Shak.

In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.] To accept a bill (Law), to agree (on the part of the drawee) to pay it when due. -- To accept service (Law), to agree that a wr…

The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.

which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor.

mpowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor.

act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience. He soon shall findForbearance no acquittance ere day end. Milton.

Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death. When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak.

Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance. Omittance is no quittance. Shak.

Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.

to vouch the truth of accounts, or to confirm and establish facts of any kind; also, any acquittance or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as, the merchant's books are his vouchers for the correctness of his accounts; notes, bonds, receipts, and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts.…