quit

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[ 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.

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 quiētus quiet1; (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

12 acquitted, discharged.

OTHER WORDS FROM quit

quit·ta·ble, adjective un·quit·ted, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH quit

quiet quit quite

Definition for quit (2 of 2)

quit 2
[ kwit ]
/ kwɪt /

noun

any of various small tropical birds.

Origin of quit

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1845–50; orig. 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

Idioms and Phrases with quit

quit