| 单词 | in quittance of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin quittance of 3. Recompense, requital; repayment; reprisal. Frequently in quittance of. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > [noun] resignationc1380 resigning1395 upgivingc1423 cessionc1440 delivery?c1452 resign1457 remittinga1475 resignment1543 surrendry1547 resignal?1573 quittancea1593 relinquishment1593 delinquishment1603 abandon1614 surrendering1648 untaking1657 permission1677 vacating1820 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > [noun] > requital or repayment payment1389 acquitment1431 acquittala1475 quittal1474 requital1556 repayment1561 requite1561 quittancea1593 repay1753 requit1786 repayal1829 a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1616) sig. Fv On his head, in quittance of my wrongs, Il'e naile huge forked hornes. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. xix. 262 This execution made quittance with them, for sacrificing the Romanes. 1637 J. Shirley Hide Parke i. sig. B3v In quittance of your loving, honest Councell. 1778 H. Brooke Antony & Cleopatra iv. viii, in Coll. Pieces II. 403 He parted me, When I had destined him, at least, a kingdom, In quittance of his services. 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair ii. vi. 43 Each..sinks outwearied..His last faint quittance rendering with his breath. 1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang tr. Homer Odyssey 18 In quittance whereof ye now work me harm. 1956 Times 27 June 13/3 It is the more familiar targets that are aimed at and on the whole missed, though Teddy Boys and the young Cockney jazz professor once again receive their quittance. 1978 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 108 293 One of the young men is bidden to..rouse the kômos in quittance of the victor's labours in the contest and in requital of his victories at the Isthmus and at Nemea. 2003 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 Mar. a1 These were people who had made their own quittance with the Iraqi leader, at least in their souls. < as lemmas |
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