Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To cease or discontinue: synonym: stop.
- intransitive verb To resign from or relinquish.
- intransitive verb To depart from; leave.
- intransitive verb To leave the company of.
- intransitive verb Computers To exit (an application).
- intransitive verb To rid oneself of by paying.
- intransitive verb To release from a burden or responsibility.
- intransitive verb Archaic To conduct (oneself) in a specified way.
- intransitive verb To cease an action or cease working properly; stop.
- intransitive verb To abandon an activity out of frustration or despair; give up.
- intransitive verb To resign from or leave a job.
- adjective Absolved of a duty or an obligation; free.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Discharged or released from a debt, penalty, or obligation; on even terms; absolved; free; clear.
- noun Same as
queet . - noun The popular name of numerous small birds of Jamaica, belonging to different genera and families.
- noun A term introduced by Professor H. A. Newton to denote the point on the celestial sphere from which the motion of a body is at any moment directed: thus, the earth's quit is always a point on the ecliptic about 90° east of the sun. The quit is opposite to the goal. See
goal , 7. - To satisfy, as a claim or debt; discharge, as an obligation or duty; make payment for or of; pay; repay; requite.
- To set free; release; absolve; acquit; exonerate.
- To free, as from something harmful or oppressing; relieve; clear; liberate: with of.
- To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; conduct; acquit: used reflexively.
- To complete; spend: said of time.
- To depart from; go away from; leave.
- To resign; give up; let go.
- To forsake; abandon.
- In archery, to discharge; shoot.
- To extract; get rid of.
- To remove by force.
- To cease; stop; give over.
- Synonyms and Desert, Abandon, etc. See
forsake .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under
banana , andguitguit . - adjective Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted.
- intransitive verb To go away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease.
- transitive verb rare To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
- transitive verb To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit.
- transitive verb 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.
- transitive verb To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.
- transitive verb obsolete To carry through; to go through to the end.
- transitive verb To have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to depart from; to leave; to forsake
- transitive verb to pay; to reimburse.
- transitive verb to make even; to clear mutually from demands.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, archaic To
pay (a debt, fine etc.). - verb transitive, obsolete To
repay (someone) for (something). - verb transitive, obsolete To
repay ,pay back (a good deed, injury etc.). - verb reflexive, archaic To conduct oneself,
acquit oneself, tobehave (in a specified way). - verb transitive To
abandon ,renounce (a thing). - verb transitive To
leave (a place). - verb transitive, intransitive To
resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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"I do not know the meaning of the word quit," he said.
New Map Roils N.J. District Heather Haddon 2011
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Sports figures, as a rule, seem to be the ones least likely to understand the word quit: Those who lack it in their dictionaries and vocabularies include the NASCAR owner and former driver Richard Childress, William "the Refrigerator" Perry, Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat, as well as the Philadelphia Flyers, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Chicago Bears, and of course the Red Sox.
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Gingrich does not no the meaning of the word "quit".
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Old Jane, never at a loss for a cliche, said: "The word 'quit' is not in my vocabulary."
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens: They Baffle Science! Tallulah Morehead 2010
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Palin 'quit' the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission after exposing the ethics violations of her own party, she then went on to become Alaska's first female and youngest governor ... but that would be something called 'context and contrast' ... two key elements that must be removed in order to pursue 'The Politics of Personsal Destruction'. mark ferbet, kansas city, mo.
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A word "quit" is not found in the dictionary in the Hillary house.
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So to take the opportunity and then decide to quit is not only lame beyond belief, but a slap in the face to all the people who tried for that place on the show, and lost out to the quitters.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs. Senior Citizens : Spinning Marty Tallulah Morehead 2010
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The increase in the number of people who quit is small in comparison with the total number in the population who still smoke.
Matthew Yglesias » The Health Care System Should Give People Good Advice About Health 2010
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When Palin quit the Alaska governorship earlier this year, she blamed political enemies for harassing her out of office.
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So to take the opportunity and then decide to quit is not only lame beyond belief, but a slap in the face to all the people who tried for that place on the show, and lost out to the quitters.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs. Senior Citizens : Spinning Marty Tallulah Morehead 2010
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