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quittance

noun
/ˈkwɪtəns/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from quietantia
  2. derived from quitance
  3. inherited from quytaunce

Definitions

  1. A release or acquittal.

  2. A discharge from a debt or obligation

    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

    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.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To acquit

      To acquit; to repay.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for quittance. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA