quit
1[ kwit ]
/ kwɪt /
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.
SYNONYMS FOR quit
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Origin of quit
11175–1225; (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
OTHER WORDS FROM quit
quit·ta·ble, adjectiveun·quit·ted, adjectiveDefinition for quit (2 of 2)
quit2
[ kwit ]
/ kwɪt /
noun
any of various small tropical birds.
Origin of quit
21845–50; originally Jamaican English, of uncertain origin
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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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