quittance

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
23
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈkwɪtəns/

Definition of quittance

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A release or acquittal.
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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. (obsolete)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. (obsolete, transitive)To acquit; to repay.

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Etymology

From Middle English quytaunce, from Old French quitance (modern French quittance), from Latin quietantia. The verb is derived from the noun.

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