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Definitions for Quits

[1] on equal terms by repayment or retaliation.
[2] call it quits , to end one's activity, especially temporarily: At 10 o'clock I decided to call it quits for the day. to abandon an effort.
[3] cry quits , to agree to end competition and consider both sides equal: It became too dark to continue play and they decided to cry quits.
[4] to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
[5] to depart from; leave (a place or person): They quit the city for the seashore every summer.
[6] to give up or resign; let go; relinquish: He quit his claim to the throne. She quit her job.
[7] to release one's hold of (something grasped).
[8] to acquit or conduct (oneself).
[9] to free or rid (oneself): to quit oneself of doubts.
[10] to clear (a debt); repay.
[11] to cease from doing something; stop.
[12] to give up or resign one's job or position: He keeps threatening to quit.
[13] to depart or leave.
[14] to stop trying, struggling, or the like; accept or acknowledge defeat.
[15] released from obligation, penalty, etc.; free, clear, or rid (usually followed by of ): quit of all further responsibilities.
[16] any of various small tropical birds.
[17] on an equal footing; even now we are quits
[18] call it quits to agree to end a dispute, contest, etc, agreeing that honours are even
[19] an exclamation indicating willingness to give up
[20] (tr) to depart from; leave he quitted the place hastily
[21] to resign; give up (a job) he quitted his job today
[22] (intr) (of a tenant) to give up occupancy of premises and leave them they received notice to quit
[23] to desist or cease from (something or doing something); break off quit laughing
[24] (tr) to pay off (a debt); discharge or settle
[25] (tr) archaic to conduct or acquit (oneself); comport (oneself) he quits himself with great dignity
[26] (usually predicative foll by of ) free (from); released (from) he was quit of all responsibility for their safety

Words related to Quits

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

Words nearby Quits

quitclaim deed, quite, quite a bit, quito, quitrent, quits, quittance, quitted trick, quitter, quittor, quiver

Origin of Quits

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

Words that may be confused with Quits

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, quitquiet, quit, quite

Other words from Quits

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

Word origin for Quits

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

Synonyms for Quits

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