quittance
[noun]
Synonyms: reparation, amends, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, recompense, redress, reprisal, restitution

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

quittance noun. ['kwɪt(ǝ)ns] ME.
[Old French quitance (later quitt-), from quiter QUIT verb: see -ANCE.]
1. The action of freeing or clearing someone; release. Freq. foll. by from. arch. ME.

2. A release or discharge from a debt or obligation; a document certifying this; a receipt. arch. exc. Scot. ME.
■ R. Barber The purchase of knighthood..became a..quittance for future taxes.

3. Recompense; repayment; reprisal. Now arch. or poet. L16.

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