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Definitions for Quitting

[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] (tr) to depart from; leave he quitted the place hastily
[14] to resign; give up (a job) he quitted his job today
[15] (intr) (of a tenant) to give up occupancy of premises and leave them they received notice to quit
[16] to desist or cease from (something or doing something); break off quit laughing
[17] (tr) to pay off (a debt); discharge or settle
[18] (tr) archaic to conduct or acquit (oneself); comport (oneself) he quits himself with great dignity
[19] (usually predicative foll by of ) free (from); released (from) he was quit of all responsibility for their safety

Words related to Quitting

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Words nearby Quitting

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Origin of Quitting

11175–1225; (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 quiētus quiet1; (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

Words that may be confused with Quitting

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

Other words from Quitting

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

Word origin for Quitting

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

Synonyms for Quitting

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