quit

Meaning

Synonyms

yield

leave office

drop by the wayside

abdicate

stop doing

secede from

depart from

purvey

set-back

wash one’s hands of

get away from

put out of action

retire from office

spit upon

distance oneself from

withdraw from

cut one’s ties with

shuttingdown

go away from

abandon one’s position

burst in on

droup out

go from

relinquish to

retire from

clear from obligation

click off

phase-down

throw-out of

abstain

abstain from

abstention

be next to

break short

denounce

don’t

get out of a car

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kwɪt/
Etymology

From Middle English quiten, quyten, from Anglo-Norman quitter, Old French quitter, from quitte (“acquitted, quit”), ultimately from Latin 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.

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