quit.
Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid.
Meaning & usage
Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English quiten, quyten, from Anglo-Norman quitter, Old French quitter, from quitte (“acquitted, quit”), ultimately from Latin quietus, which itself derives from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁-ti-s, from *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Doublet of coy, quite, quiet, and quietus. Compare Dutch kwijten (“to quit”), German Low German quitten (“to quit”), German quitten, quittieren, Danish kvitte, Swedish qvitta, kvitta (“to quit, leave, set off”), Icelandic kvitta.
To leave (a place).
The British quit India in the 1940s.
To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.
To abandon, renounce (a thing).
To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).
After having to work overtime without being paid, I quit my job.
To stop, give up (an activity).
John is planning to quit smoking.
To close (an application).
To pay (a debt, fine etc.).
To conduct or acquit (oneself); to behave (in a specified way).
To carry through; to go through to the end.
To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.).
To repay (someone) for (something).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English quiten, quyten, from Anglo-Norman quitter, Old French quitter, from quitte (“acquitted, quit”), ultimately from Latin quietus, which itself derives from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁-ti-s, from *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Doublet of coy, quite, quiet, and quietus. Compare Dutch kwijten (“to quit”), German Low German quitten (“to quit”), German quitten, quittieren, Danish kvitte, Swedish qvitta, kvitta (“to quit, leave, set off”), Icelandic kvitta.
Any of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America.
Where this word comes from
Probably of imitative origin.
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