quit 1
— quittable , adj.
/kwit/ , v. , quit or quitted, quitting , adj.
v.t.
1. to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
2. to depart from; leave (a place or person): They quit the city for the seashore every summer.
3. to give up or resign; let go; relinquish: He quit his claim to the throne. She quit her job.
4. to release one's hold of (something grasped).
5. to acquit or conduct (oneself).
6. to free or rid (oneself): to quit oneself of doubts.
7. to clear (a debt); repay.
v.i.
8. to cease from doing something; stop.
9. to give up or resign one's job or position: He keeps threatening to quit.
10. to depart or leave.
11. to stop trying, struggling, or the like; accept or acknowledge defeat.
adj.
12. released from obligation, penalty, etc.; free, clear, or rid (usually fol. by of ): quit of all further responsibilities.
[ 1175-1225; (adj.) ME quit ( te ) exempt, freed, acquitted of ( quite ) quittus, by-form of quitus ( > > ME quit ( e ); see QUITE), for L quietus QUIET 1 ; (v.) ME quit ( t ) en to pay, acquit oneself quit ( t ) er quittare, quietare to release, discharge, LL quietare to put to rest, QUIET 1 ]
Syn. 3. surrender, release. 12. acquitted, discharged.
Ant. 1, 8. start. 2. enter.
quit 2
/kwit/ , n.
any of various small tropical birds.
[ 1845-50; orig. Jamaican E, of uncert. orig. ]