verb trans
to leave or depart from (a person or place)
to relinquish (e.g. a way of thinking or acting)
to give up (e.g. an activity or employment)
archaic to conduct (oneself) in a specified way
They quit themselves with great courage
to cease doing something; specif to give up one's job
said of a tenant: to vacate occupied premises
Their landlord gave them notice to quit
informal to admit defeat; to give up
[Middle English quiten, quitten, from Old French quiter, quitter, from quite free of, released, literally ‘at rest’, from Latin quietus: see quiet1]