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quittable

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quit

1  [kwit] verb, quit or quit⋅ted, quit⋅ting, adjective
Use quittable 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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Word Origin & History

quit  (adj.)
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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