quittance en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈkwɪtəns/
Etymology
From Middle English quytaunce, from Old French quitance (modern French quittance), from Latin quietantia. The verb is derived from the noun.
Meanings
- A release or acquittal.
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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.
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
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(obsolete) Recompense; return; repayment.
[…] 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.
c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]: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.
1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| quittances | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
quittance · not guilty · acquittance · assoilment · absolution · exoneration · exoneration · acquitment · exculpation · disculpation · acquittance · vindication · acquittal · compurgation · exculpation