Quit Definition

kwĭt

quits, quitting

verb

quits, quitting

To resign from or relinquish.

Quit a job.

American Heritage

To discharge (a debt or obligation); repay.

Webster's New World

To stop, discontinue, or resign from.

Webster's New World

To stop having, using, or doing (something); give up.

Webster's New World

To free (oneself) of.

Webster's New World

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adjective

Clear, free, or rid, as of an obligation.

Webster's New World

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noun

Any of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America.

Wiktionary

Origin of Quit

Middle English quiten to release from Old French quiter from Medieval Latin quiētāre, quītāre from Latin quiētus at rest quiet

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Anglo-Norman quiter, Old French quiter, from quite (“acquited, quit"), ultimately from Latin quietus.

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