quit
 quit (kwĭt)v. quit, or quit·ted (kwĭtʹĭd) quit·ting, quitsv. tr.
1. To depart from; leave: “You and I are on the point of quitting the theater of our exploits” (Horatio Nelson).
2. To leave the company of:
had to quit the gathering in order to be home by midnight.
3. To give up; relinquish:
quit a job.
4. To abandon or put aside; forsake:
advised them to quit their dissipated ways.
5. To cease or discontinue:
asked them to quit talking; quit smoking.
6. Computer Science. To exit (an application).
7.
a. To rid oneself of by paying:
quit a debt.
b. To release from a burden or responsibility.
8. To conduct (oneself) in a specified way:
Quit yourselves like adults.v. intr.
1. To cease performing an action. See Synonyms at stop.
2. To give up, as in defeat; stop.
3. To leave a job.adj.
Absolved of a duty or an obligation; free. [Middle English quiten, to release, from Old French quiter, from Medieval Latin quiētāre, quītāre, from Latin quiētus, at rest. See quiet.]
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