Quit

Definition: Quit

Quit

Adjective

1. (usually followed by `of') released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty); "quit of all further responsibility for their safety"; "well rid of him".

Verb

1. Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother".

2. Resign or retire from a position; "The Secretary fo the Navy will leave office next month".

3. Go away or leave.

4. Turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever".

5. Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "quit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Labor

Law

Literature

Tips from 1870

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Synonyms: Quit

Departure

Leave a place, quit, vacate, evacuate, abandon; go off the stage, make one's exit; retire, withdraw, remove; vamoose, vamose; go one's way, go along, go from home; take flight, take wing; spring, fly, flit, wing one's flight; fly away, whip away; embark; go on board, go aboard; set sail' put to sea, go to sea; sail, take ship; hoist blue Peter; get under way, weigh anchor; strike tents, decamp; walk one's chalks, cut one's stick; take leave; say good bye, bid goodbye; Noun: disappear; abscond; (avoid); entrain; inspan.

Learning

Drop out, leave school, quit school; graduate; transfer; take a leave.

Loss

Shorn of, deprived of; denuded, bereaved, bereft, minus, cut off; dispossessed; rid of, quit of; out of pocket.

Payment

Discharge, settle, quit, acquit oneself of; foot the bill; account with, reckon with, settle with, be even with, be quits with; strike a balance; settle accounts with, balance accounts with, square accounts with; quit scores; wipe off old scores, clear off old scores; satisfy; pay in full; satisfy all demands, pay in full of all demands; clear, liquidate; pay up, pay old debts.

Relinquishment

Quit one's hold, quitclaim.

Give notice to quit, give warning; supersede; be rid of, get rid of, be quit of, get quit of; eject.

Verb: relinquish, give up, abandon, desert, forsake, leave in the lurch; go back on; depart from, secede from, withdraw from; back out of; leave, quit, take leave of, bid a long farewell; vacate; (resign).

Break off, leave off; desist; stop; (cease); hold one's hand, stay one's hand; quit one's hold; give over, shut up shop.

Crosswords: Quit

German (quit).

So stop freaking with her head, man. Quit playing with her mind, you know (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)

Quit pushin' me, Harv (High Noon; writing credit: Carl Foreman)

Now I want ya to think and quit bein' such a smart aleck (Mulholland Dr.; writing credit: David Lynch)

I'm sorry, sir. I quit fighting (From Here to Eternity; writing credit: Ernest Tidyman)

I was quit when I come in here, Bryant, I'm twice as quit now. (Blade Runner; writing credit: Philip K. Dick; Hampton Fancher)

You better quit playin' games with my heart (Quit Playing Games; performing artist: Backstreet Boys)

Quit the blaming, Cut the naming, Cut the sleeping, Girl (We Need A Resolution; performing artist: Aaliyah)

I wanna quit the fight (When I See You Smile; performing artist: Bad English)

Then he quit his nine to five, finally his time arrived (Deception; performing artist: Blackalicious)

They didn't quit, they wanted his head (Rasputin; performing artist: BONEY M)

Never quit until you have another job. (references; author: unknown)

If We Quit Voting, Will They All Go Away? (references; author: unknown)

Don't like my driving? Then quit watching me. (references; author: unknown)

Quit griping about your church; if it was perfect, you couldn't belong. (references; author: unknown)

My last job was working at Starbucks, but I had to quit because it was always the same old grind. (references; author: unknown)

The quack quit asking quick questions. (references; author: unknown)

Quit Kidding (1924)

The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit (1918)

I Quit! (1917)

25 Ways to Quit Smoking (1989)

2 Legit 2 Quit (performing artist: Hammer)

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Books

• Adult Video Business: How You Can Find Attractive Women to Star in Your Own Adult Films, Make Money, and Quit Work in 7 Weeks (reference)

• It's a Job, Not a Jail: How to Break Your Shackles When You Can't Afford to Quit (reference)

• How to Quit Drinking Without Aa: A Complete Self-Help Guide (reference)

• I'll Quit Tomorrow: A Practical Guide to Alcoholism Treatment (reference)

• First We Quit Our Jobs: How One Work Driven Couple Got on the Road to a New Life (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Body by Jake: Don't Quit! (reference)

• Butt Out!:Proven Quit Smoking Plan (reference)

• NFL: 1992 Atlanta Falcons Team Video - Too Legit to Quit (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• How We Quit the Forest (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Now that you're pregnant, you're not just eating for two... ...you're breathing for two. : Quit Smoking...for both of you. / American Lung Association. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"Quit smoking... you're breathing for two" : To get a copy of "Freedom From Smoking for You and Your Baby," contact your local American Lung Association. / American Lung Association. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Quit Night : Freedom From Smoking. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Notice to quit. March 4th 1841. Credit: Library of Congress.

And quit it with the purr of the dinner party. Credit: Library of Congress.

Notice to quit : U.S. Credit: Library of Congress.

Quit blubbering and try acting like a democrat!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Yeah, I quit the railroad. Didn't get a square deal at the round house. Credit: Library of Congress.

Part of farmyard of W.H. Cox farm. Owner operated one hundred and twenty-four acres of which sixty are tillable. Clearcreek Town, Johnson County, Iowa. Owner may quit farming soon. Credit: Library of Congress.

Let's quit U.S./Japan military alliances and keep the peace and neutrality of Japan] [Japan Communist Party : protecting the peace for fifty years]. Credit: Library of Congress.

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All merchants shall have safe and secure exit from England, and entry to England, with the right to tarry there and to move about as well by land as by water, for buying and selling by the ancient and right customs, quit from all evil tolls, except (in time of war) such merchants as are of the land at war with us. (reference)

Where-ever therefore any number of men are so united into one society, as to quit every one his executive power of the law of nature, and to resign it to the public, there and there only is a political, or civil society. (Second Treatise of Government)

The territories referred to in Article 5l shall return to France free and quit of all public debts under the conditions laid down in Article 255 of Part IX (Financial Clauses) of the present Treaty. (reference)

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Never afterwards did it quit her bosom

Plantagenet doth quit Plantagenet, Edward for Edward pays a dying debt

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Health

Many programs are available to help smokers quit smoking and to stay off tobacco. (references)

For example, if you quit smoking you may need a different dose of some medicines. (references)

He was only 48 years old when the clusters forced him to quit his job as a systems analyst. (references)

Business

These provisions allow only one union per jurisdiction, forbid union members to quit the union, and prohibit reelection of union officials. (references)

Children

Burma

Teachers' salaries are far below subsistence wages and have forced many teachers to quit teaching out of economic necessity; on average, a teacher's pay is equal only to approximately 7 dollars (10,000 Kyats) monthly. (references)

South Africa

According to Human Rights Watch, girls who experience sexual violence often leave school temporarily, change schools, or quit attending school to escape continuing abuse; those who remain in school have difficulty completing their studies. (references)

Civil Liberties

Russia

TV-6 had hired a number of NTV journalists who had quit NTV to protest Gazprom's take over. (references)

Economic History

Israel

On May 14, 1948, soon after the British quit Palestine, the State of Israel was proclaimed and was immediately invaded by armies from neighboring Arab states, which rejected the UN partition plan. (references)

Uk

This movement led to the dramatic decision of Dutch owned group C&A, formerly one of the top clothing retailers in the UK, to quit the UK entirely in 2000. There has been an international trend toward buying clothing and footwear brands with sports or designer labels, and this has also undermined retailers such as Marks and Spencer and C&A, which rely on the profit margins produced by selling only their own label. (references)

Human Rights

Turkey

The Government alleged that terrorist groups forced weaker members to conduct the hunger strikes and threatened family members of those who want to quit. (references)

Women

Afghanistan

In urban areas, and particularly after the Taliban took Kabul in 1996, the Taliban forced almost all female professionals and clerical workers, including teachers, doctors, nurses, bank tellers, and aid workers, to quit their jobs. (references)

Taiwan

Women's advocates have noted that women were promoted less frequently and worked for lower pay than their male counterparts, and that women were not granted maternity leave or were forced to quit jobs due to marriage, age, or pregnancy, despite the fact that previously existing labor laws afforded women some protections against gender-based discrimination in the workplace. (references)

Mexico

To avoid these expensive requirements, some employers, including some in the maquila industry, reportedly deliberately violate these provisions by requiring pregnancy tests in preemployment physicals, by regular examinations and inquiries into women's reproductive status (including additional pregnancy tests), by exposing pregnant women to difficult or hazardous conditions to make them quit, or by dismissing them. (references)

Worker Rights

Pakistan

A worker's right to quit also may be curtailed under the ESMA. (references)

Pakistan

Critics argue that the ESMA's limitation on worker rights, especially the right to quit, constitutes a form of compulsory labor. (references)

United Arab Emirates

Those who wish to quit and return home often find it hard to do so because hotel management maintains control of their passports. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "quit": Banana quit ♦ Crass quit ♦ get quit of ♦ notice to quit ♦ quit a job ♦ quit claim deed ♦ quit it! ♦ quit of ♦ quit of charges ♦ quit office ♦ quit one's hold ♦ quit oneself ♦ quit school ♦ quit smoking ♦ quit the scene ♦ To quit cost ♦ To quit scores. Additional references.

Beginning with "quit": quit-claim, quit-rent.

Ending with "quit": q-quit.

Afrikaans

verlaat (abandon, desert, forsake, leave), bedank (abdicate, refuse, reject, resign, thank), aftree (abdicate, resign, retire). (various references)

Albanian

sillem (behave, comport, conduct oneself, demean, deport, deport oneself, do, handle, move about, perform, Potter, walk), pushoj (cease, desist, die, discontinue, dismiss, give over, hush, intermit, pacify, pass, pause, quiet down, quieten, rest, shut down, Stow), nxjerrje nga punë, nxjerr nga puna (discard, muster out, remove, sack, send packing, throw out), lë (allow, break off, chuck, cut, drop, dump, give up, grant, jilt, jump, leave, let, let by, Miss, omit, overjump, overleap, Park, pass up, permit, put, release, relinquish, resign, tek pupa, vacate, yield), ikje nga post, i lirë (at ease, available, brummagem, cheap, clear, disengaged, disposable, empty, exempt, fetterless, footloose, free, frugal, inexpensive, loose, native, off, off duty, off-hour, open, scotfree, twopenny, unattached, unbound, uncostly, uninhibited, unoccupied, vacant). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هجر (break away, cast aside, dereliction, desert, desertion, disuse, drop out, emigratory, expel, expose, flee, forsake, immigrate, jettison, leave, neglect, relinquish, renounce, scrap, skive, strand, surrender, throw, waive, weigh anchor), ‏غادر (blow, depart, disloyal, false, feline, get carried away, go, hop, insidious, jump, leave, pop off, ratty, retire, scram, skip, snaky, sneak, snide, start, traitorous, treacherous), ‏توقف (break off, breakdown, come to a halt, cut off, demise, discontinue, end, halt, hinge, hitch, lapse, layover, let up, letup, obstruction, pass by, pause, pull up, rest, run down, setback, stall, stand, stay, stop, stop over, stoppage, stopping, touch), ‏تخلى (abandon, assign, cast aside, cede, desist, disgorge, expose, forsake, give up, go back on, hand over, leave, let down, part, release, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, retreat, shake, shrift, sign away, slough, swear off, throw over, turn one's back on, vacate, waive, walk out on, yield), ‏ترك (break, cast aside, discontinue, ditch, drop, drop it, drop out, lay aside, leave, leave about, let go, neglect, peg, rap, resign, resignation, sign away, strand, suffer, unhand), ‏إستقال (chuck, demit, go on pension, resign), ‏أخرج (bring out, direct, dispossess, draw out, egress, eject, fetch, get, give off, move out, obtrude, poke, produce, push along, read out, realize, remove, set, shell off, subtract, take out, vomit). (various references)

Breton

kuitaio (it will quit). (various references)

Bulgarian 

отивам си (be off, buzz, clear off, exit, get away, go, go away, go off, leave, off it, part, pass, piss off, pop off, pull away, push along, remove, run along, sheer off, shunt, take off, walk away), изпускам (elide, emit, exhale, exhaust, exude, give off, heave, leave out, let fall, let out, lose, muff, omit, ooze, pour, put forth, release, run, shoot, throw out, utter, vent), изтървавам (drop, lose, mishandle, mismanage), погасявам (amortise, amortize, clear off, extinguish, pay off, redeem, sink), прекъсвам (break in, break off, catch up, cease, cut, discontinue, halt, intercept, interpose, interrupt, open, pretermit, release, stop, switch off, throw out), преставам (cease, desist, fall out, finish, leave off, lift, stop, subside), зарязвам (abandon, cut out, drop off, overboard, pack in, put away, put on the shelf, run out, stand up, throw over, throw up, walk out on), държа се (acquit oneself, act, bear, bear up, comport, comport oneself, conduct oneself, demean, deport oneself, hold, hold on, hold one's own, stand out, stick, walk), напускам (abandon, desert, fall away, lay down, leave, leave off, part from, relinquish, vacate, void), уреждам (acquit, arrange, atone, compose, deal, dispose of, fix up, ground, negotiate, organize, patch, patch up, pay, regulate, set right, settle, sew up, tee up, work out, wrap, wrap up), отплащам (pay back, recompense, requite), отвръщам си, освободен (exempt, freed, released), оставям (abandon, confide, desert, drop off, leave, leave behind, let, put, put down, repudiate, resign, vacate), спирам (arrest, bit, block, brake, bring to, bring to rest, bring up, call a halt, cease, check, come to a halt, come to rest, cut, cut off, cut short, die, discontinue, draw up, drive up, dwell, end, fix, go phut, halt, hang up, heave to, hold back, hold in, immobilize, impede, inhibit, intervene, keep off, kill, leave off, lock, occlude, preclude, prevent, pull in, pull up, put in, quash, run down, snub, stint, stop, suppress, suspend, trammel, trig, withhold), свободен (at large, available, disengaged, disposable, easeful, easy, exempt, facile, familiar, fetterless, floating, fluent, footloose, free, glib, go-as-you-please, immune, independent, intestate, leisure, loose, neglige, off, open, otiose, spare, tripping, unbending, unbound, unbuttoned, uncommitted, unconstrained, unforced, unreserved, unrestricted, unstudied, untenanted, untrammelled, vacant, void, wide), махам се (make one's scarce, make oneself scarce, pack off, piss off, run along, scat, scoot, scram, sheer off, shove off, take off). (various references)

Chinese 

放弃 (Abandonment, Abnegate, Abnegated, Abnegating, Abort, Aborted, Ditched, Ditching, Quits, Quitted, Quitting, relinquish, relinquished, relinquishing, renege, renounce, Renounced, Renouncing, Waive, Waived, Waiver, Waiving). (various references)

Czech

zastavit (arrest, call a halt, call off, cease, check, discontinue, draw up, halt, hock, immobilize, pawn, pull back, put in, stay, stem, stop, suspend, tackle), vyrovnat (balance, clear off, compound, eke, eke out, equalize, even, even out, even up, flatten, justify, level up, meet, settle, settle up, smooth out, stack up, steady), přestat (cease, cut it out, discontinue, drop, go away, go through, have done with, leave, leave off, let up, stop), opustit (abandon, desert, drop, forsake, leave, plant, relinquish, throw up, to leave), odplatit (pay back), odejít (come away, come off, depart, go away, go off, go out, leave, make one's exit, make tracks for, move away, move off, retire, stir, to leave, vacate, walk away, walk off), nechat (knock off, let, throw over), dát výpovìï (give notice). (various references)

Danish

forlade (abandon, desert, forsake, leave). (various references)

Dutch

uittreden (abdicate, exit, go out, resign), bedanken (abdicate, resign, thank, withdraw one's name, withdraw one's subscription), aftreden (abdicate, abdication, resign, resignation, retire). (various references)

Esperanto

forlasi (abandon, desert, forsake, leave), eksiĝi (resign). (various references)

Faeroese

fara frá (abandon, abdicate, desert, forsake, leave, resign). (various references)

Farsi 

متارکه (Separate), ول کردن (Lax, Leave, Let, Relinquish, Unbridle, Unhand, Unloose), تسلیم شدن (Abandon, Acquiesce, Capitulate, Defer, Givein, Knuckle, Obey, Submit, Succumb, Surrender, Vouchsafe), ترک (Abandonment, Chap, Clef, Crack, Craze, Fracture, Interstice, Proscription, Renunciation, Turkish), خلاصی (Escape, Rescue, Riddance), رهاسازی (Abandon, Abandonment), دست کشیدن از (Disaccustom, Discard, Leave, Leaveoff). (various references)

Finnish

työsopimuksen päättäminen (separation), työsopimuksen lakkaaminen (separation), jättää (allow, deliver, give up, hand in, hand over, leave, leave . . to somebody, let, present, release, retire from). (various references)

French

quitter, abandonner. (various references)

Frisian

ferlitte (abandon, desert, forsake, leave), ôfgean (abdicate, resign). (various references)

German

verlassen (abandon, abandoned, abandonment, derelict, derelicted, desert, deserted, desertion, desolate, evacuate, exit, forlorn, forsake, leave, lonely, loose, move away, quitted, quitting, solitary, to derelict, to desert, to evacuate, to forlorn, to leave, untrodden), quittieren (acknowledge, answer, counter, give a receipt for, meet, receipt, resign, to receipt), aufhören (break off, cease, close, desist, discontinue, end, finish, finish off, give over, lay off, leave off, stop, termination, to break off, to cease, to stop), aufgeben (abandon, check in, cry uncle, discontinue, dispatch, forsake, give in, give up, jack in, jettison, lay aside, lay away, mail, part with, place, post, register, relinquish, renounce, resign, say uncle, serve, set, submit, surrender, to abdicate, to capitulate, to dismiss, to give up, to relinquish, to surrender, vacate, yield). (various references)

Greek 

σταματώ (arrest, balk, belay, cease, check, cheese, come to a halt, detain, draw up, give over, grind to a halt, grind to a standstill, halt, hang on, knock off, pause, pull up, put pay to, roll to a halt, stall, stay, stop, trig, waste), παραιτώ (abandon, forgo, give up, relinquish, resign), παραιτούμαι (abdicate, abnegate, desist, disclaim, forgo, give up, go without, leave, relinquish, relinquish to, resign, resign from, waive), παρατώ (abandon, walk out), εγκαταλείπω (abandon, abdicate, abnegate, desert, drop out, forsake, give up, jettison, maroon, relinquish, renounce), εξοφλώ (acquit, clear off, liquidate, pay off, receipt, redeem, settle up), ελεύθεροσ (free, unrestrained), αναχωρώ (check out, depart, leave, start, take off, vacate), απηλλαγμένοσ (exempt, free), απαλλαγμένοσ, αποχώρηση (departure from, recess, secession, walkout, withdrawal, withdrawament), αφήνω (abandon, allow, forsake, leave, let, let go of, relinquish, snap out of). (various references)

Hebrew 

להתפטר (get rid of, resign, step down), להפסיק (cease, cut off, cut short, discontinue, interrupt, leave off, stop), לנטוש (abandon, brandish, cast aside, desert, forsake, lay aside, leave, let, relinquish, renounce). (various references)

Hungarian

felmond (to denounce, to quit, to quit one's job). (various references)

Icelandic

yfirgefa (abandon, desert, forsake, leave). (various references)

Indonesian

keluar (exit, get out, go out, out), berhenti (cease, desist, pause, resign, stop). (various references)

Italian

abbandonare (abandon, abdicate, bolt, desert, discard, dismiss, dump, fail, forsake, give up, leave, leave behind, let oneself go, register, relinquish, renounce, resign, Slough, surrender). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

退き時 (a good time to quit), 足を洗う (to quit, to wash one's feet, to wash one's hands of), いい加減にする (to get something over with, to put an end to something, to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひきどき (a good time to quit), いいかげんにする (to get something over with, to put an end to something, to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree), あしをあらう (to quit, to wash one's feet, to wash one's hands of). (various references)

Korean 

종료하는 (Quitted). (various references)

Manx

scughey (budge, dislodge, dislodgement, displace, displacement, evict, eviction, move, moving, removal, remove, scoot, shift, shift about, shifting), faagail (abandon, bequeath, depart, descend, disembark, ditch, flitting, forsake, give up, hand down, keep on, leave, leaving, maroon, outgoing, quitting, relinquish, retire, season; vacating, seasoning, strand, throw over). (various references)

Norwegian

slutte (deduce), forlate (abandon, allow, desert, forgive, forsake, leave, let, release). (various references)

Papiamen

abandoná (abandon, desert, forsake, leave, neglect, slighting). (various references)

Pig Latin

itquay.(various references)

Polish

opuścić (abandon, desert, forsake, leave). (various references)

Portuguese

abandonar (abandon, back down, cast off, cede, desert, doff, flee, forsake, forwent, give up, jettison, lay aside, lay down, leave, neglect, off, reject, relinquish, renounce, secede, set aside, throw over, to abandon, vacant, vacate, waive). (various references)

Romanian

abandona (abandon, break off an engagement, deliver up, desert, desolate, drop, expose, forsake, leave, part with, relent, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, shelve, spare, throw). (various references)

Russian 

уход с работы (retirement), увольняться, увольнение (chuck, discharge, dismissal, layoff, leave, sacking), свободный (at liberty, clear, exempt, fetterless, footloose, free, free-hand, immune, leisurely, loose, open, roomy, spare, unbound, unhampered, uninhibited, unoccupied, unstuck, vacant), вести себя (behave, comport, comport oneself, conduct oneself, demean, deport oneself), оставлять (desert, dump, forsake, lay down, leave, relinquish, retire, vacate), бросать (cast, cast off, на корме, dart, dash, drop, dump, fling, give over, give up, heave, hurl, jilt, launch, pitched, plant, project, put, relinquish, shoot, slam down, slinging, slings, slung, threw, throw, throw over, thrown, toss). (various references)

Scottish

fàg (abandon, absent onself, depart, forsake, go away, leave), cuidhtich, cùitich. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

rešen (bent, determined, purposive, resolute, resolved), prestati (cease, cut out, desist, discontinue, end, intermit, knock off, leave, surcease), odustati (abjure, backtrack, baulk, drop, drop out, give up, lay off, pass up, recede, remise, scratch, withdraw), napustiti (abandon, cast off, desert, desolate, drop, drop out, fall away, forsake, give away, jilt, leave, run out, take leave of, throw over, vacate, walk out), izmiren (settled), bataliti (abandon). (various references)

Spanish

dimitir (abdicate, resign), abandonar (abandon, bolt, break, call off, cast away, cede, chuck, clear away, come off, come up, desert, ditch, drop, drop out, flee, forsake, give in, give up, give way, iron out, jack in, lead off, leave, leave over, let into, relinquish, resign, retire, take away, take from, take off, tear down, throw down, throw off, throw over, throw up, toss aside, walk out, walk out on, weaken, withdraw, yield), hacer dimisión (abdicate, resign), darse de baja (abdicate, drop out, resign). (various references)

Swedish

sluta (be through with, cease, close, come to an end, conclude, discontinue, drop it, drop out, end, end up, expire, finish, finish off, finish up, fold up, give over, leave off, let up, re-energise, re-energize, sag, stop, stop it, terminate, turn out), lämna (abandon, desert, drop, forsake, furnish, give, give up, hand, hand down, jack in, leave, leaving, offer, render, vacate, yield). (various references)

Turkish

içermeyen (less, not including, sans), çekilmek (abdicate, be pulled, bolt, bow, bow out, decline, desist, draw away, draw back, draw off, dry up, ebb, edge out, give over, go out, gravitate, opt out, recede, repair, resign, retire, retract, scratch, secede, stand, step aside, step down, walk out, withdraw), ödemek (acquit, ante, ante up, atone for, clear, come across with, defray, disburse, discharge, domicil, domicile, domiciliate, fee, foot, fork out, fork over, fork up, give, indemnify, pay, pay for, pay in, pay out, pick up the tab, plonk down, recoup, redeem, repay, retire, satisfy, settle, shell out, spring, stump, stump up, to pay, wipe out), arınmış, ayrılmak (apostatize, be off, be through with, break away, break up, break with, check out, come unstuck, cut loose, decamp, defect, depart, desert, deviate, disunite, divaricate, diverge, divide, divorce, divorce from, draw apart, draw away, drop out, fork, furcate, get clear of, get off, give up, graduate, hive off, lead away from, leave, mosey, move off, part, part company, part company with, part from, part with, pull away, pull out, retire, revolt, revolt from, secede, segregate, separate, sever, splinter off, split, split off, split up, stray, sunder, take one's farewell of, tear oneself away, unstuck, vacate, walk off, walk out, walk out of, withdraw), bırakmak (abandon, allow, break oneself of a habit, chuck, consign, demise, discontinue, dismiss, dispose of, drop, drop in, drop out, edge out, expose, fail, forego, forgo, forsake, give over, give up, go without, grow, hand down, jack in, jilt, kick, lay down, lay off, leave, leave off, let, let go, let smb. have it, offload, outgrow, plant, put, put away, put off, put to, release, release one's hold, relinquish, renounce, resign, revolt from, stop, surrender, take one's farewell of, throw over, unclasp, unlearn, unloose, walk out), çıkmak (ascend, break out, break through, climb, come about, come off, come on, come out, come to a head, come up, crop out, date, date up, detach, drop out, emanate, emerge, erupt, escalate, eventuate, exit, extricate oneself, extrude, flirt, get off, go for, go forth, go off, go out, go together, go with, grow out of, grow up, hatch, have it's source in, issue, jut, jut out, keep company with, knock about, knock around, launch, launch out, move out, occur, originate, peep, peep out, photograph, point, present oneself, prove, puff out, puff up, pull out, pullulate, rise, rub off, rub out, sally forth, sally out, secede, separate, shoot out, spoon, spring, stem, step out, step up, stick, stick out, take it's source from, take out, take to, walk out, walk out of, walk out with, well forth, work out), boşaltmak (bleed, clean, clean out, clear, clear out, close out, debus, deplenish, deplete, discharge, disgorge, dismantle, drain, drain away, drain off, draw off, drop off, dump, ejaculate, empty, evacuate, excrete, exhaust, let off, pour, pour from, pour out of, strip, teem, tip, tip out, tip over, turn out, unlade, unload, unpack, vacate, void), vazgeçmek (abandon, back down, back down from, back out, back out of, back track, backtrack, be off, beat a retreat, cease, cede, change one's mind, cry off, cut loose, declare off, desist, disclaim, dispense with, do without, drop the reins, forbear, forego, forgo, forsake, give over, give up, go without, jack in, kick, leave, leave off, opt out, recant, recede, relinquish, remit, renounce, resign, retract, sink, Stow, surrender, swerve, throw over, throw up, turn about, turn around, turn up, unlearn, waive, wangle, wangle out of), istifa etmek (demit, give up, go out, resign, resign one's office, step aside, step down, submit one's resignation, tender one's resignation, vacate), kurtulmuş (rid), paydos etmek (call it a day, knock off, recess), serbest (at large, at liberty, cavalier, disengaged, easy, exempt, fetterless, footloose, free, freehearted, freewheeling, go-as-you-please, in the clear, independent, latitudinarian, leisure, liberal, loose, open, permissive, unattached, unbound, unchecked, unconfined, unconstrained, unencumbered, unengaged, unfettered, unhampered, unrestrained, unrestricted, unshackled, untrammelled), sona ermek (be at an end, bust, bust up, cease, come to a head, come to an end, die, discontinue, end, end off, expire, finish, leave off, run out, terminate, wind up), tahliye etmek (clear, clear out, close out, discharge, empty, evacuate, free, set free, strip, vacate, void), bitmek (adore, be at an end, be out of smth., be very fond of, break off, break up, cease, come to an end, conclude, die down, drop, end, end off, end up, expire, fag, finish, lapse, lay off, leave off, run out, sprout, stop, surcease, terminate, vegetate, wear out). (various references)

Ukrainian

вільний (broad, devoid, disengaged, disposable, emancipated, exempt, fetterless, for hire, free, leisurely, licentious, loose, odd, off, open, out, unbound), звільнятися (disengage), звільнення (acquittal, acquittance, affranchisement, amendment, bounce, deliverance, disengagement, dismissal, dismission, ejection, emancipation, enfranchisement, enlargement, exemption, exoneration, freedom, immunity, liberation, push, quittance, release, remission, remittal), залишати (abandon, chuck, depart, desert, desolate, forsake, give over, leave, relinquish, throw over, void), покинути (give up, maroon), перестати (jack in). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vị ngữ thoát khỏi, giũ sạch được. (various references)

defungo, quietus. (various references)

quite, relaisser. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "quit": quitch, quitches, quitclaim, quitclaimed, quitclaiming, quitclaims, quite, quitrent, quitrents, quits, quittance, quittances, quitted, quitter, quitters, quitting, quittor, quittors. (additional references)

Words ending with "quit": acquit, mesquit, mezquit. (additional references)

Words containing "quit": acquits, acquittal, acquittals, acquittance, acquittances, acquitted, acquitter, acquitters, acquitting, antimosquito, antiquities, antiquity, coquito, coquitos, equitabilities, equitability, equitable, equitableness, equitablenesses, equitably, equitant, equitation, equitations, equites, equities, equity, inequitable, inequitably, inequities, inequity, iniquities, iniquitous, iniquitously, iniquitousness, iniquitousnesses, iniquity, mesquite, mesquites, mesquits, mezquite, mezquites, mezquits, mosquito, mosquitoes, mosquitoey, mosquitos, obliquities, obliquity, propinquities, propinquity, requital. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Quit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aquit, aquitt, equit, juit, kwit, Luit, muit, qai, Qaim, qait, Qelt, Qeziot, qfi, Qgi, Qia, qic, Qift, qik, qit, qitt, qius, qiut, Qmi, qoi, qoit, qote, qpi, quact, quaft, quag, quaif, quaig, quait, quao, Quat, Quata, Quatbi, quato, quatz, quav, quaw, quax, quazt, qubit, queat, queet, quef, queit, quemt, quent, quept, queta, queti, quetz, queyt, quia, quiat, quic, quidt, quie, quif, quift, quig, quih, quii, quij, quik, quim, quio, quiot, quipt, quir, Quita, Quitak, quith, quiti, quitt, quitu, quity, quitz, quiu, quiv, quiw, quix, quixt, quiy, qunit, qunt, quoj, quot, quott, Quow, quox, qupt, quri, qurt, qut, qute, qutz, quy, Qvi, Qwik, tuit, uit, uti. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: tui.

-2 letters: it, ti, ut.

+1 letter: quiet, quilt, quint, quirt, quite, quits, quoit.

+2 letters: acquit, diquat, equity, piquet, qiviut, quaint, quiets, quilts, quinta, quinte, quints, quirts, quitch, quoits, squint, squirt.

+3 letters: acquits, aliquot, antique, aquatic, aquavit, asquint, briquet, coquito, diquats, equites, inquest, inquiet, liquate, mesquit, mezquit, picquet, piquant, piquets, qiviuts, quality, quantic, quartic, querist, quieted, quieten, quieter, quietly, quietus, quillet, quilted, quilter, quinate, quinnat, quintal, quintan, quintar, quintas, quintes, quintet, quintic, quintin, quirted, quitted, quitter, quittor, quixote, quoited, quoting, requite, squints, squinty, squirts, tequila, unquiet.