Definition of Quit
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(n.) Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.
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(v.) Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted.
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(imp. & p. p.) of Quit
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(a.) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
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(a.) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit.
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(a.) 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.
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(a.) To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.
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(a.) To carry through; to go through to the end.
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(a.) 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.
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(v. i.) To away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease.
Homophones of Quit
No Homophones Found.