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Added 8 October 2026

quit

/kwɪt/ adjective

In Latin: linquō Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about quit at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid.

verb

To leave (a place).
The British quit India in the 1940s.
To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.

noun

Any of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

Origin

From Middle English quiten, quyten, from Anglo-Norman quitter, Old French quitter, from quitte (“acquitted, quit”), ultimately from Latin quietus, which itself derives from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁-ti-s, from *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Doublet of coy, quite, quiet, and 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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