Definitions for QUIT
kwɪtquit

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay offverb

   put an end to a state or an activity

   "Quit teasing your little brother"

2. leave office, quit, step down, resignverb

   give up or retire from a position

   "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"

3. depart, take leave, quitverb

   go away or leave

4. foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquishverb

   turn away from; give up

   "I am foreswearing women forever"

5. drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the spongeverb

   give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

   "In the second round, the challenger gave up"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. quitverb

   To pay (a debt, fine etc.).

2. quitverb

   To repay (someone) for (something).

3. quitverb

   To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.).

4. quitverb

   To conduct oneself, acquit oneself, to behave (in a specified way).

5. quitverb

   To abandon, renounce (a thing).

6. quitverb

   To leave (a place).

7. quitverb

   To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).

   After having to work overtime without being paid, I quit my job.

8. quitverb

   To stop, give up (an activity) (usually + gerund or verbal noun).

   John is planning to quit smoking.

9. quitverb

   To close (an application).

10. Etymology: From quiter, quiter, from quite, ultimately from quietus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Quitverb

   part. pass. quit; pret. I have quit or quitted.

   Etymology: quiter, Fr. quitare, Italian; quitar, Spanish.

   1. To discharge an obligation; to make even.

   We will be quit of thine oath, which thou hast made us to swear. Jos. ii. 20.

   By this act, old tyrant,
   I shall be quit with thee; while I was virtuous,
   I was a stranger to thy blood, but now
   Sure thou wilt love me for this horrid crime. John Denham.

   To John I ow’d great obligation;
   But John, unhappily, thought fit
   To publish it to all the nation;
   Sure John and I are more than quit. Matthew Prior.

   2. To set free.

   Thou art quit from a thousand calamities; therefore let thy joy, which should be as great for thy freedom from them, as is thy sadness when thou feelest any of them, do the same cure upon thy discontent. Taylor.

   Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong
   Life much: bent rather how I may be quit
   Fairest and easiest of this cumb’rous charge. John Milton.

   To quit you wholly of this fear, you have already looked death in the face; what have you found so terrible in it. William Wake.

   3. To carry through; to discharge; to perform.

   Never worthy prince a day did quit
   With greater hazard, and with more renown. Daniel.

   4. To clear himself of an affair.

   Samson hath quit himself
   Like Samson, and heroickly hath finish’d
   A life heroick, on his enemies
   Fully reveng’d hath left them years of mourning. John Milton.

   5. To repay; to requite.

   He fair the knight saluted, louting low,
   Who fair him quitted, as that courteous was. Fa. Queen.

   Enkindle all the sparks of nature,
   To quit this horrid act. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   6. To vacate obligations.

   For our reward,
   All our debts are paid; dangers of law,
   Actions, decrees, judgments against us quitted. Ben Jonson.

   One step higher
   Would set me highest, and in a moment quit
   The debt immense of endless gratitude. John Milton.

   7. To pay any obligation; to clear a debt; to be tantamount.

   They both did fail of their purpose, and got not so much as to quit their charges; because truth, which is the secret of the most high God, whose proper handy-work all things are, cannot be compassed with that wit and those senses which are our own. Richard Hooker, b. i.

   Far other plaints, tears and laments
   The time, the place, and our estates require,
   Think on thy sins, which man’s old foe presents
   Before that judge that quits each soul his hire. Edward Fairfax.

   Does not the air feed the flame? and does not the flame at the same time warm and enlighten the air? and does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue from it. Robert South, Sermons.

   Still I shall hear, and never quit the score,
   Stunn’d with hoarse Codrus’ Theseid o’er and o’er. Dryd.

   Iron works ought to be confined to certain places, where there is no conveyance for timber to places of vent, so as to quit the cost of the carriage. William Temple, Miscellanies.

   8. [Contracted from acquit.] To absolve; to acquit.

   Nor further seek what their offences be,
   Guiltless I quit, guilty I set them free. Edward Fairfax.

   9. To abandon; to forsake.

   Their father,
   Then old and fond of issue, took such sorrow,
   That he quit being. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   Honours are promis’d
   To all will quit ’em; and rewards propos’d
   Even to slaves that can detect their courses. Ben Jonson.

   Such variety of arguments only distract the understanding, such a superficial way of examining is to quit truth for appearance, only to serve our vanity. John Locke.

   10. To resign; to give up.

   The prince, renown’d in bounty as in arms,
   With pity saw the ill-conceal’d distress,
   Quitted his title to Campaspe’s charms,
   And gave the fair one to the friend’s embrace. Matthew Prior.

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1. Quit

   Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!) is a gay San Francisco Bay Area political action group supporting boycott, divestment & sanctions against Israel; and opposing Pinkwashing of the alleged ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. It was founded in early 2001 by a member of LAGAI-Queer Insurrection.

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1. quit

   Quit generally refers to leaving, stopping, or giving up something, such as a job, habit, or place. It can also mean to stop or discontinue an action or activity.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Quitnoun

   any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit

2. Quit

   released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted

3. Quit

   of Quit

4. Quitadjective

   to set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate

5. Quitadjective

   to release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit

6. Quitadjective

   to discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and satisfy, as a claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to requite; to repay

7. Quitadjective

   to meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively

8. Quitadjective

   to carry through; to go through to the end

9. Quitadjective

   to have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to depart from; to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to quit the place; to quit jesting

10. Quitverb

    to away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease

11. Etymology: [OE. quite, OF. quite, F. quitte. See Quit, v., Quiet.]

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1. Quit

   Quit was a pop-punk band from Miami, Florida, formed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Quit helped pioneer the pop-punk music scene and helped pave the way for bands such as Green Day and Blink-182 to go mainstream.

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1. Quit

   kwit, v.t. to pay, requite: to release from obligation, accusation, &c.: to acquit: to depart from: to give up: to clear by full performance: (Spens.) to remove by force: (coll.) to give over, cease:—pr.p. quit′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. quit′ted.—adj. (B.) set free: acquitted: released from obligation.—n. Quit′-claim, a deed of release.—v.t. to relinquish claim or title to.—n. Quit′-rent, a rent by which the tenants are discharged from all other services—in old records called white rent, as being paid in silver money.—adj. Quit′table, capable of being quitted.—ns. Quit′tal (Shak.), requital, repayment; Quit′tance, a quitting or discharge from a debt or obligation: acquittance: recompense.—v.t. (obs.) to repay.—Quit cost, to pay expenses; Quit one's self (B.), to behave; Quit scores, to balance accounts.—Be quits, to be even with one; Cry quittance, to get even; Double or quits, in gambling, said when a stake due is either to become double or be reduced to nothing, according to the issue of a certain chance; Notice to quit (law), notice to a tenant of real property that he must surrender possession. [O. Fr. quiter (Fr. quitter)—Low L. quietāre, to pay—L. quietāre, to make quiet—quietus, quiet.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. quit

   To leave; to abandon. To quit your post or ranks, is to retire, without having received any previous order for that purpose, from a station intrusted to your care, or a position in which you may be. For punishment inflicted upon persons quitting their posts, see Appendix, Articles of War, 40.

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1. QUIT

   What does QUIT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the QUIT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Abandon
   • Leave

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'QUIT' in Verbs Frequency: #1032

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How to pronounce QUIT?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say QUIT in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of QUIT in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of QUIT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of QUIT in a Sentence

1. Cormac Ryan 16:

   We have an unbelievably gritty group, we don't quit. I mean, so proud of how we played and battled. And our fight, man, you really can't teach that.

2. Kristin Chenoweth:

   So many times when I wanted to quit, [my mom] inspired me to continue doing what I love, and then when she couldn’t do it anymore, my dad did it. It’s like they tag-teamed me!

3. Vince Lombardi:

   Winners never quit and quitters never win.

4. Kristi Noem:

   I think Donald Trump'd be fantastic. Donald Trump gets up every day and Donald Trump fights for this country, most people when they watched what Donald Trump and Donald Trump family went through would be exhausted and quit, out of discouragement. And the fact that Donald Trump's still fighting is inspirational to me.

5. Daniel Wann:

   You can't tell the NFL to quit selling beer, you can't tell the Lakers you should get your fans to care less, but you can tell youth sports parents to back off.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=QUIT
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Quit
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=QUIT
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quit
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/QUIT
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=QUIT
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=QUIT
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=QUIT