Quit
Quit (kwit) , noun
Quit (kwit) , adjective
[Old English quite, Old French quite, French quitte. See Quit, v., Quiet.]
Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted. — Chaucer
The owner of the ox shall be quit.
This word is sometimes used in the form quits, colloquially; as, to be quits with one, that is, to have made mutual satisfaction of demands with him; to be even with him; hence, as an exclamation: Quits! we are even, or on equal terms. “To cry quits with the commons in their complaints.”
Quit , transitive verb
[Old English quiten, Old French quiter, quitier, cuitier, French quitter, to acquit, quit, Late Latin quietare, from Latin quietare to calm, to quiet, from quietus quiet. See Quiet, a., and compare Quit, a., Quite, Acquit, Requite.]
1.
To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate. [Rare]
To quit you of this fear, you have already looked Death in the face; what have you found so terrible in it?
2.
To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit.
There may no gold them quyte.
God will relent, and quit thee all his debt.
3.
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.
The blissful martyr quyte you your meed.
Enkindle all the sparks of nature
To quit this horrid act.
Before that judge that quits each soul his hire.
4.
To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men.
Samson hath quit himself
Like Samson.
5.
To carry through; to go through to the end. [Obsolete]
Never worthy prince a day did quit
With greater hazard and with more renown.
6.
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.
Such a superficial way of examining is to quit truth for appearance.
Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue from it?
Collocations (2)
To quit cost , to pay; to reimburse.
To quit scores , to make even; to clear mutually from demands.
Quit , intransitive verb
To go away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease.