• (n.) The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability. • (n.) A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand. • (v. t.) To acquit. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/acquittance/
Ac·quit'tance noun [ Old French aquitance , from aquiter . See Acquit .] 1. The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability. 2. A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand. ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/21
the act of acquitting. · the discharge of a debt or obligation. · a document or receipt as evidence of the discharge of a debt or obligation. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/acquittance