quit

English

/kwɪt/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To pay (a debt, fine etc.).
  • (transitive) To repay (someone) for (something).
  • (transitive) To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.).
  • (reflexive) To conduct or acquit (oneself); to behave (in a specified way).
  • (transitive) To carry through; to go through to the end.
  • (transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
  • (transitive) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.
  • (transitive) To abandon, renounce (a thing).
  • (transitive) To leave (a place).
  • (transitive) To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).
  • (transitive) To stop, give up (an activity) (usually + gerund or verbal noun).
  • (transitive) To close (an application).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English quiten derived from quitter derived from Old French quitter (liberate) derived from Latin quietus root from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (rest).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kʷyeh₁-

Gloss

rest

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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