单词 | quittal |
释义 | † quittaln. Obsolete. Repayment, requital; an instance of this. Also: acquittal (rare). ΘΚΠ 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 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > acquittal or clearing of accusation > [noun] quittance1426 acquittance1430 acquittal1434 deliverance1485 absolution1569 quittala1634 acquitment1644 acclearmenta1670 1474–5 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 19 (MED) Item, y paid to pastu Hervy and William Raynold in a quytale of a chalice to them delyverd at the last account for the church dette. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) li. sig. Kv It is I..that bereth the hurte, therfore..let me be at the quital therof. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. Ev Let him vnbinde thee that is bound to death, To make a quitall for thy discontent. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. C2v As in reuenge or quittall of such strife. View more context for this quotation a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 124 His Doome [is] thy Quittall. 1663 J. Heath Chron. Late Intestine War ii. 468 The French also had prohibited the Importation of Cloth into France (in a proud revenge and quittal whereof, the Parliament forbad the Importation of French-wines). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1474 |
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