English Explanatory Dictionary

quit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid.

verb

To leave (a place).
To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.
To abandon, renounce (a thing).
To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).
To stop, give up (an activity).
To close (an application).
To pay (a debt, fine etc.).
To conduct or acquit (oneself); to behave (in a specified way).
To carry through; to go through to the end.
To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.).
To repay (someone) for (something).

noun

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

Pronunciation

kwĭt /kwɪt/ [kʰw̥ɪt] en-us-quit.ogg

Word forms

quit quight quits quitting quitted no-table-tags glossary quittest quittedst quitteth

Etymology

From Middle English quiten, quyten, from Anglo-Norman quitter, Old French quitter, from quitte (“acquitted, quit”), ultimately from Latin quietus, which itself derives from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁-ti-s, from *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Doublet of coy, quite, quiet, and quietus. Compare Dutch kwijten (“to quit”), German Low German quitten (“to quit”), German quitten, quittieren, Danish kvitte, Swedish qvitta, kvitta (“to quit, leave, set off”), Icelandic kvitta.

Synonyms

Antonyms

begin initiate persevere start

Related words

guitguit

Derived words

unquit coquit don't quit your day job force quit hit it and quit it quiet quit quit buddy quitclaim quit claim deed quitline quit lit quitrent quits quit scores quitsies quittable quittal quitter quit the oxygen habit quit while one is ahead ragequit rage quit bananaquit grassquit orangequit

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