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.
–verb (used without object)
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.
–adjective
12.
released from obligation, penalty, etc.; free, clear, or rid (usually fol. by of): quit of all further responsibilities.
[Origin: 1175–1225; (adj.) ME quit(te) exempt, freed, acquitted of (< OF quite) < ML quittus, by-form of quītus (≫ ME quit(e); see quite), for L quiétusquiet1; (v.) ME quit(t)en to pay, acquit oneself < OF quit(t)er < ML quittāre, quiétāre to release, discharge, LL quiétare to put to rest, quiet1]
c.1225, "free, clear," from O.Fr. quite "free, clear," from L. quietus "free" (in M.L. "free from war, debts, etc."), also "calm, resting" (see quiet). The verb is first attested c.1300, "to set free, redeem" (usually of a debt or suspicion); sense of "leave" is attested from c.1390; that of "to leave (a place)" is from 1603; that of "stop" (doing something) is from 1641. Meaning "to give up" is from 1440; quitting time is from 1835; quitter as an insult is 1881, Amer.Eng. Quits "even" (with another) is from 1663.
put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" [syn: discontinue] [ant: bear on]
2.
give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" [syn: leave office] [ant: take office]
Ac*quit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acquitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Acquitting.] [OE. aquiten, OF. aquiter, F. acquitter; ? (L. ad) + OF. quiter, F. quitter, to quit. See Quit, and cf. Acquiet.]1. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite. A responsibility that can never be absolutely acquitted. --I. Taylor. 2. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions. 4. Reflexively: (a) To clear one's self. --Shak. (b) To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly. Syn: To absolve; clear; exonerate; exonerate; exculpate; release; discharge. See Absolve.
Coy\ (koi), a. [OE. coi quiet, still, OF. coi, coit, fr.L. quietus quiet, p. p. of quiescere to rest, quie rest; prob. akin to E. while. See While, and cf. Quiet, Quit, Quite.]1. Quiet; still. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry. Coy, and difficult to win. --Cowper. Coy and furtive graces. --W. Irving. Nor the coy maid, half willings to be pressed, Shall kiss the cup, to pass it to the rest. --Goldsmith. 3. Soft; gentle; hesitating. Enforced hate, Instead of love's coy touch, shall rudely tear thee. --Shak. Syn: Shy; shriking; reserved; modest; bashful; backward; distant.
Guit"guit`\, n. [So called from its note.] (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of small tropical American birds of the family C[oe]rebid[ae], allied to the creepers; -- called also quit. See Quit.
Guit"guit`\, n. [So called from its note.] (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of small tropical American birds of the family C[oe]rebid[ae], allied to the creepers; -- called also quit. See Quit.
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