quit
verb transitive[L. cedo. The sense of quit is to leave, to withdraw from; but the primary sense of the root must have been to move or to send; for to requite is to send back.]
pret. and pp. quit or quitted.
quit
To leave; to depart from, either temporarily or forever. It does not necessarily include the idea of abandoning, without a qualifying word. A man quits his house for an hour, or for a month. He quits his native country on a voyage or he quits it forever; he quits an employment with the intention of resuming it.
quit
To free; to clear; to liberate; to discharge from. To quit you of this fear, you have already looked death in the face.
quit
To carry through; to do or perform something to the end, so that nothing remains; to discharge or perform completely. Never a worthy prince a day did quit with greater hazard and with more renown.
quit
To quit one’s self, reciprocally, to clear one’s self of incumbent duties by full performance. Samson hath quit himself like Samson. In this sense, acquit is generally used.
quit
To repay; to requite. - Enkindle all the sparks of nature to quit this horrid act. In this sense, quit is now rarely used. We use requite.
quit
To vacate obligation; to release; to free from . Dangers of law, actions, decrees, judgments against us quitted.
quit
To pay; to discharge; hence, to free from; as, to quit the debt of gratitude.
quit
To set free; to release; to absolve; to acquit. Guiltless I quit, guilty I set them free. In this sense, acquit is now used.
quit
To leave; to give up; to resign; to relinquish; as, to quit an office.
quit
To pay. Before that judge that quits each soul his hire.
quit
To forsake; to abandon. Such a superficial way of examining is to quit truth for appearance. To quit cost, to pay; to free from by an equivalent; to reimburse; as, the cultivation of barren land will not always quit cost. To quit scores, to make even; to clear mutually from demands by mutual equivalents given. We will quit scores before we part. Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in her noble fruits?
quit
adjective[L.]
Free; clear; discharged from; absolved. The owner of the ox shall be quit. Exodus 21:28. Qui tam, A qui tam action, in law, is a popular action, in which a man prosecutes an offender for the king or state, as well as for himself.