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Definitions for Quit

[1] to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
[2] to depart from; leave (a place or person): They quit the city for the seashore every summer.
[3] to give up or resign; let go; relinquish: He quit his claim to the throne. She quit her job.
[4] to release one's hold of (something grasped).
[5] to acquit or conduct (oneself).
[6] to free or rid (oneself): to quit oneself of doubts.
[7] to clear (a debt); repay.
[8] to cease from doing something; stop.
[9] to give up or resign one's job or position: He keeps threatening to quit.
[10] to depart or leave.
[11] to stop trying, struggling, or the like; accept or acknowledge defeat.
[12] released from obligation, penalty, etc.; free, clear, or rid (usually followed by of ): quit of all further responsibilities.
[13] any of various small tropical birds.
[14] (tr) to depart from; leave he quitted the place hastily
[15] to resign; give up (a job) he quitted his job today
[16] (intr) (of a tenant) to give up occupancy of premises and leave them they received notice to quit
[17] to desist or cease from (something or doing something); break off quit laughing
[18] (tr) to pay off (a debt); discharge or settle
[19] (tr) archaic to conduct or acquit (oneself); comport (oneself) he quits himself with great dignity
[20] (usually predicative foll by of ) free (from); released (from) he was quit of all responsibility for their safety

Words related to Quit

relinquish, surrender, depart, renounce, retire, go, withdraw, vacate, drop, suspend, halt, conclude, discontinue, terminate, leave, cease, abandon, blow, evacuate, abdicate

Words nearby Quit

quis custodiet ipsos custodes?, quis separabit?, quisling, quisling, vidkun, quist, quit, quit while one's ahead, quitch, quitch grass, quitclaim, quitclaim deed

Origin of Quit

21845–50; orig. Jamaican English, of uncertain origin

Words that may be confused with Quit

quiet, quit, quite

Other words from Quit

quit·ta·ble , adjective
un·quit·ted , adjective

Word origin for Quit

C13: from Old French quitter, from Latin quiētus quiet ; see quietus

Synonyms for Quit

depart, drop, drop out, give up, go, pull out, relinquish, renounce, retire, surrender, vacate, withdraw, abdicate, blow, book, decamp, desert, evacuate, exit, forsake, resign, yield, bow out, check out, cut out, get off, go away from, hang it up, leave flat, leave hanging, push off, run out on, take a walk, take off, throw over, walk out on