acquittance

Payment confirmation document

Acquittance is a formal release from a debt or obligation, or the written document evidencing such release.

The word belongs to legal and financial contexts: The creditor provided an acquittance upon final payment.

It appears rarely in modern usage, having been largely replaced by receipt or release.

legal

discharge

Release of substance outward

vindication · quittance · release · pardon · immunity · indemnity · exculpation · nonprosecution · dismissal · case closed

receipt

voucher

Redeemable certificate for value

statement · certificate · confirmation · release form · ledger entry · payment record

settlement

final payment

Last sum owed

release

unburdening

Relieving oneself of weight

extrication · deliverance

Opposites
obligation status

acquittanceindebtedness

State of owing money

obligation · liability · encumbrance · debt · bondage

document type

acquittanceinvoice

Itemized billing statement

bill · demand note · collection notice · check · summons

legal outcome

acquittanceconviction

Firmly held belief

condemnation · imprisonment · incarceration · collection · garnishment

Family

quit, acquit, acquittal, requite, unrequited, acquitted, acquitting, acquittals, acquits

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