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ACQUITTANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does acquittance mean?
• ACQUITTANCE (noun)
The noun ACQUITTANCE has 1 sense:
1. a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
Familiarity information: ACQUITTANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
acquittance; release
Hypernyms ("acquittance" is a kind of...):
instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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