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Quit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quit or Quitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Quitting.]
1. To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate. [R.]
To quit you of this fear, you have already looked Death in the face; what have you found so terrible in it? --Wake.
2. To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit.
There may no gold them quyte. --Chaucer.
God will relent, and quit thee all his debt. --Milton.
3. 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.
The blissful martyr quyte you your meed. --Chaucer.
Enkindle all the sparks of nature
To quit this horrid act. --Shak.
Before that judge that quits each soul his hire. --Fairfax.
4. To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men. --1 Sam. iv. 9.
Samson hath quit himself
Like Samson. --Milton.
5. To carry through; to go through to the end. [Obs.]
Never worthy prince a day did quit
With greater hazard and with more renown. --Daniel.
6. 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.
Such a superficial way of examining is to quit truth for appearance. --Locke.
To quit cost, to pay; to reimburse.
To quit scores, to make even; to clear mutually from demands.
Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue from it? --South.
Syn: -- To leave; relinquish; resign; abandon; forsake; surrender; discharge; requite.
Usage: -- Quit, Leave. Leave is a general term, signifying merely an act of departure; quit implies a going without intention of return, a final and absolute abandonment.
quit
v 1: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your
little brother" [syn: discontinue, stop, cease, give
up, lay off] [ant: continue]
2: give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary fo the
Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned
over the financial scandal" [syn: leave office, step
down, resign] [ant: take office]
3: go away or leave [syn: depart, take leave] [ant: stay]
4: turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
[syn: foreswear, renounce, relinquish]
5: give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat;
"In the second round, the challenger gave up" [syn: drop
out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the
wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, chuck up the
sponge] [ant: enter]
[also: quitting, quitted]