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   Quit·tance

   /ˈkwitns/

   

   noun

   • 1. a release or discharge from a debt or obligation: archaic, literary "will any say when my bell of quittance is heard in the gloom?"
   • ▪ a document certifying this; a receipt. archaic, literary

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French quitance, from quiter ‘to release’ (see quit1).

   Scrabble Points: 20

   • Q

     10

   • U

     1

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

   • T

     1

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • C

     3

   • E

     1

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