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   quit

   /kwɪt/

   verb

   • 1. leave (a place), usually permanently: "hippies finally quit two sites in Hampshire last night" Similar leavego away fromdepart fromvacateevacuatemove out ofexit fromwithdraw fromabandondesertOpposite arrive atoccupy
   • ▪ (of a tenant) leave rented accommodation: "the landlord issued a notice to quit"
   • ▪ resign from (a job): informal "she quit her job in a pizza restaurant" Similar resign (from)leavehand in one's noticegive noticestand down (from)give upbow outrelinquishdepart fromvacatewalk out (on)retire (from)abdicateinformal:chuckpack inOpposite take up
   • ▪ stop or discontinue (an action or activity): informal North American "quit moaning!" Similar give upstopfinishceasediscontinuenot continuedropleave offbreak offabandonabstain fromrenouncedesist (from)refrain (from)eschewforbear fromavoidforgodo withoutcall it a dayinformal:pack (it) inOpposite startcontinue
   • 2. behave in a specified way: archaic "quit yourselves like men, and fight"

   adjective

   • 1. rid of: "I want to be quit of him"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘set free’): from Old French quiter (verb), quite (adjective), from Latin quietus, past participle of quiescere ‘be still’, from quies ‘quiet’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • Q

     10

   • U

     1

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

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