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ACQUITTANCE

• 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.

• ACQUITTANCE (noun)

Sense 1

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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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