Main Entry: ²quit

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): quit also quit·ted; quit·ting

Etymology: Middle English quiten, quitten, from Anglo-French quiter, from quite free of, released, from Latin quietus quiet, at rest

Date: 13th century

transitive verb 1 : to make full payment of : pay up <quit a debt>
2 : to set free : relieve, release <quit oneself of fear>
3 : conduct, acquit <the youths quit themselves like men>
4 a : to depart from or out of b : to leave the company of c : give up 1 <quit a job> d : give up 2 <quit smoking>intransitive verb 1 : to cease normal, expected, or necessary action <the engine quit>
2 : to give up employment
3 : to admit defeat : give up

synonyms see stop