quit (v.) Copy link Outline I. Orig. to let go free, from an obligation, favour, oath, debt, impost, accusation, etc.II. Hence, in reflect. senseIII. Transf., with obj. of the thing let goIV. With obj. of the thing quitted by leaving it behind (now the commonest sense) • quit (v.): (Fr. quitter). I. Orig. to let go free, from an obligation, favour, oath, debt, impost, accusation, etc.: v. to acquit: to discharge: to exempt: to free: to release: to relieve: and see foll. art. II. Hence, in reflect. sense: to quit a debt, duty, favour, etc. (i. e. to q. oneself of it): v. to discharge: to repay: to requite: to return: hence to q. oneself (= to behave, by discharging one's duty): only in the phr. (be strong, and) q. yourselves like men, confortamini et estote viri! Vulg. 1 Reg. iv. 9: q. you like men, be strong! viriliter agite! confortamini, id. 1 Cor. xvi. 13. III. Transf., with obj. of the thing let go: v. to abandon: to give up: to lay down: to lose: to put away: to put off: to relinquish: to resign: to yield. IV. With obj. of the thing quitted by leaving it behind (now the commonest sense): v. to leave: to desert: to depart: to go away: to retire: to retreat (from): Gen. terms: linquo, 3 (usu. poet.): rĕlinquo: dērĕlinquo: dēsĕro: discēdo (ab) ăbeo (ab): dīmitto, absol. and abs se: destĭtuo, absol. and abs se: for exx. and other terms see the reff.