Quit'tance (-t a ns) noun [ Middle English quitaunce , Old French quitance , French quittance . See Quit , transitive verb ] 1. Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance. « Omittance is no quittance .» Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Q/13
recompense or requital. · discharge from a debt or obligation. · a document certifying discharge from debt or obligation, as a receipt. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/quittance