[quit] adj [ME quite, quit, fr. OF quite] (13c): released from obligation, charge, or penalty; esp: free
[2]quit vb quit also quit.ted ; quit.ting [ME quiten, quitten, fr. MF quiter, quitter, fr. OF, fr. quite free of, released, lit., at rest, fr. L quietus quiet, at rest] vt (13c) 1: to make full payment of: pay up "~ a debt"
2: to set free: relieve, release "~ oneself of fear"
3: conduct, acquit "the youths ~ themselves like men"
4. a: to depart from or out of b: to leave the company of c: give up 1,
2. "~ a job" "~ smoking" ~ vi 1: to cease normal, expected, or necessary action
2: to give up employment
3: to admit defeat: give up syn see stop [3]quit n (ca. 1923): the act or an instance of quitting a job