quittance /ˈkwɪtəns/noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •A release or acquittal. •A discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge.I marvel why I answer’d not again; But that’s all one: omittance is no quittance. — 1598 •(no longer used) Recompense; return; repayment.Qu[een]. Ah Mortimer! now breaks the kings hate forth, And he confesseth that he loues me not. Mor[timer] iu[nior]. Crie quittance Madam then, & loue not him. — 1594 verb1 •(no longer used) To acquit; to repay. formsquittanced · quittancing · quittances