quit

/kwɪt/

verb

  1. 1

    To pay (a debt, fine etc.).

  2. 2

    To repay (someone) for (something).

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    To carry through; to go through to the end.

  6. 6

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

  7. 7

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

  8. 8

    To abandon, renounce (a thing).

  9. 9

    To leave (a place).

  10. 10

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

    After having to work overtime without being paid, I quit my job.
  11. 11

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

    John is planning to quit smoking.
  12. 12

    To close (an application).

adjective

  1. 1

    (usually followed by of) Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid.

noun

  1. 1

    Any of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America.

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