quittance, quitaunce, cwitaunce

[O. Fr. quitance, from Low Lat. quiet anti a; O. Span. quitanza: Ital. quitanza, quietanza. ] 1. A discharge or release from a debt or obligation; an acquittance. "In any bill, warrant, quittance , or obligation." Shakesp .: Merry Wives of Windsor, i. 1. *2. Recompense, return, repayment, requital. ( Shakesp.: Henry V., ii. 2.) *quit-tançe, v. t. [QUITTANCE, 8.] To repay, to requite. "Fitting best to quittance their deceit." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I., ii. 1.