Quit

Quick meaning: Quit is an adjective meaning (usually followed by of) Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid.

Meaning

(usually followed by of) Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To leave (a place).
2. (transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
3. (transitive) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.
4. (transitive) To abandon, renounce (a thing).
5. (ambitransitive) To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).
6. (ambitransitive) To stop, give up (an activity). [(usually) with gerund; or with verbal noun]
7. (transitive, computing) To close (an application).

Example Sentences

The British quit India in the 1940s.

... to cause the tenants to quit and give the plaintiff possession of the cottages, &c., .

To quit you […] of this fear, […]you have already lookt Death in the face; what have you found so terrible in it?

The lions, if they left not the forest, would capture no prey; and the arrow, if it quitted not the bow, would not strike the mark.

Word Forms

• quight
• quits
• quitting
• quitted
• quittest
• quittedst
• quitteth

Synonyms for quit

Depending on context, synonyms include conclude, finish, relinquish, renounce, cease, depart.

Antonyms for quit

Common opposites include begin, initiate, persevere, start, preserve, stay.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rid, leave, relinquish, give up, step down, discontinue.

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