English Dictionary

quit

/kwɪt/

verb

(transitive, archaic) To pay (a debt, fine etc.). / (transitive, obsolete) To repay (someone) for (something). / (transitive, obsolete) To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.).

I decided to quit my job and pursue my passion.

意味（1）

(transitive, archaic) To pay (a debt, fine etc.).

Enkindle all the sparks of nature

Enkindle all the sparks of nature To quit this horrid act.

意味（2）

(transitive, obsolete) To repay (someone) for (something).

I was but late att a Iustynge

and there I Iusted with a knyghte that is broder vnto kynge Pellam

and twyes smote I hym doune

& thenne he promysed to quyte me on my best frynde

I was but late att a Iustynge and there I Iusted with a knyghte that is broder vnto kynge Pellam and twyes smote I hym doune & thenne he promysed to quyte me on my best frynde and so he wounded my sone that can not be hole tyll I haue of that knyghtes blood

意味（3）

(transitive, obsolete) To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.).

Vnthankfull wretch (said he) is this the meed,

Vnthankfull wretch (said he) is this the meed, With which her soueraigne mercy thou doest quight?

意味（4）

(reflexive, archaic) To conduct or acquit (oneself); to behave (in a specified way).

Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.

意味（5）

(transitive, archaic) To carry through; to go through to the end.

Never worthy prince a day did quit

Never worthy prince a day did quit With greater hazard and with more renown.

意味（6）

(transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.

To quit you […] of this fear, […] you have already lookt Death in the face; what have you found so terrible in it?

意味（7）

(transitive) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.

God will relent, and quit thee all his debt;

意味（8）

(transitive) To abandon, renounce (a thing).

意味（9）

(transitive) To leave (a place).

Jones had no sooner quitted the room, than the petty-fogger, in a whispering tone, asked Mrs Whitefield, “If she knew who that fine spark was?”

意味（10）

(transitive, intransitive) To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).

After having to work overtime without being paid, I quit my job.

意味（11）

(transitive, intransitive) To stop, give up (an activity) (usually + gerund or verbal noun).

John is planning to quit smoking.

意味（12）

(transitive, computing) To close (an application).