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Webster 1913 Edition

(kwĭt′tans)

Noun.

[OE.

quitaunce

, OF.

quitance

, F.

quittance

. See

Verb.

]

Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance.

Omittance is no

quittance

Shakespeare

Recompense; return; repayment.

[Obs.]

Shak.

Verb.

To repay; to requite.

[Obs.]

Shak.

Noun.

Discharge from a debt or obligation; an acquittance. [See Acquittance, which is chiefly used.]

Recompense; return; repayment.

Verb.

To repay. [Not in use.]