quitting

Verb

quit (third-person singular simple present quits, present participle quitting, simple past and past participle quit or quitted)

1. (transitive) To leave (a place).
   • The British quit India in the 1940s.
2. (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?1688, William Wake, Preparation for Death
3. (transitive) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.
   • God will relent, and quit thee all his debt;1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 36, line 510
4. (transitive) To abandon, renounce (a thing).
5. (ambitransitive) To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).
   • After having to work overtime without being paid, I quit my job.
6. (ambitransitive) To stop, give up (an activity).
   • John is planning to quit smoking.

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