Quit Definition
kwĭt
quits, quitting
verb
quits, quitting
To resign from or relinquish.
Quit a job.
American Heritage
To discharge (a debt or obligation); repay.
Webster's New World
To stop, discontinue, or resign from.
Webster's New World
To stop having, using, or doing (something); give up.
Webster's New World
To free (oneself) of.
Webster's New World
Origin of Quit
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Middle English quiten to release from Old French quiter from Medieval Latin quiētāre, quītāre from Latin quiētus at rest quiet
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Anglo-Norman quiter, Old French quiter, from quite (“acquited, quit"), ultimately from Latin quietus.
From Wiktionary
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