Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Acquittance

Acquittance ({not transcribed}) , 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.
You can produce acquittances For such a sum, from special officers. — Shakespeare

Acquittance , transitive verb

To acquit. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare