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quit

1  [kwit] verb, quit or quit⋅ted, quit⋅ting, adjective
Use quit of in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
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.
–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 quiētus quiet 1 ; (v.) ME quit(t)en to pay, acquit oneself < OF quit(t)er < ML quittāre, quiētāre to release, discharge, LL quiētare to put to rest, quiet 1

Related forms:
quit⋅ta⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
3. surrender, release. 12. acquitted, discharged.

Antonyms:
1, 8. start. 2. enter.
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