verb (used with object),quit or quit·ted,quit·ting.
to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
to depart from; leave (a place or person): They quit the city for the seashore every summer.
to give up or resign; let go; relinquish: He quit his claim to the throne. She quit her job.
to release one's hold of (something grasped).
to acquit or conduct (oneself).
to free or rid (oneself): to quit oneself of doubts.
to clear (a debt); repay.
verb (used without object),quit or quit·ted,quit·ting.
to cease from doing something; stop.
to give up or resign one's job or position: He keeps threatening to quit.
to depart or leave.
to stop trying, struggling, or the like; accept or acknowledge defeat.
adjective
released from obligation, penalty, etc.; free, clear, or rid (usually followed by of): quit of all further responsibilities.
Origin of quit
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1175–1225; (adj.) Middle English quit(te) exempt, freed, acquitted of (<Old French quite) <Medieval Latin quittus, by-form of quītus (≫ Middle English quit(e); see quite), for Latin quiētusquiet1; (v.) Middle English quit(t)en to pay, acquit oneself <Old French quit(t)er<Medieval Latin quittāre, quiētāre to release, discharge, Late Latin quiētare to put to rest, quiet1
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