Antonyms for quit


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kwit
Phonetic Transcription : kwɪt


Definition of quit

Origin :
  • c.1200, "free, clear" (of debt, etc.), from Old French quite, quitte "free, clear, entire, at liberty; discharged; unmarried," from Medieval Latin quitus, quittus, from Latin quietus "free" (in Medieval Latin "free from war, debts, etc."), also "calm, resting" (see quiet (adj.)).
  • verb abandon, leave
  • verb stop doing something
Example sentences :
  • He doesn't look a bit healthy and hasn't since he quit eating breakfast.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Say, I don't expect to quit cussin' him fur another thirty days yet.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • And then Antonio offers to "quit the fine for one-half his goods."
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • When I discovered that I was unfit to hold that trust any longer, I quit.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • It was either stay and keep on working, with that chance, or—quit.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • They did not quit the little mound until the sun had fairly disappeared.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • "She'll quit if she falls dead," replied the other man, quietly.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • If I could a-headed him once, just got to him once—I tried it when we turned into the straight—he'd have quit.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • The Black would've quit if ye'd ever got to his throat-latch; he's soft, that's what he is.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Say, pard, I'd a-been wearin' diamon's if I could quit when I was 'head of de game.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Synonyms for quit

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