quit

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[ kwit ]
/ kwɪt /
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verb (used with object), quit or quit·ted, quit·ting.

verb (used without object), quit or quit·ted, quit·ting.

adjective

released from obligation, penalty, etc.; free, clear, or rid (usually followed by of): quit of all further responsibilities.

Origin of quit

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1175–1225; (adj.) Middle English quit(te) exempt, freed, acquitted of (<Old French quite) <Medieval Latin quittus, by-form of quītus (≫ Middle English quit(e); see quite), for Latin quiētusquiet1; (v.) Middle English quit(t)en to pay, acquit oneself <Old French quit(t)er<Medieval Latin quittāre, quiētāre to release, discharge, Late Latin quiētare to put to rest, quiet1

SYNONYMS FOR quit

3 surrender, release.
12 acquitted, discharged.
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OTHER WORDS FROM quit

quit·ta·ble, adjectiveun·quit·ted, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH quit

quiet, quit , quite.

Words nearby quit

quis custodiet ipsos custodes?, quisling, Quisling, Vidkun, quis separabit?, quist, quit, quitch, quitch grass, quitclaim, quitclaim deed, quite

Definition for quit (2 of 2)

quit2
[ kwit ]
/ kwɪt /

noun

any of various small tropical birds.

Origin of quit

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1845–50; originally Jamaican English, of uncertain origin
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Words related to quit

relinquish, surrender, depart, pull out, renounce, retire, go, withdraw, vacate, drop, drop out, give up, suspend, halt, conclude, discontinue, terminate, leave, cease, abandon

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British Dictionary definitions for quit

quit
/ (kwɪt) /

verb quits or quitting or quitted or mainly US quit

adjective

(usually predicative foll by of) free (from); released (from)he was quit of all responsibility for their safety

Word Origin for quit

C13: from Old French quitter, from Latin quiētus quiet; see quietus
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Idioms and Phrases with quit

quit
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