n. | 1. | (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit. |
a. | 1. | Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted. |
v. t. | 1. | To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate. |
| 2. | To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit. |
| 3. | To discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and satisfy, as a claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to requite; to repay. |
| 4. | To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; - used reflexively. |
| 5. | To carry through; to go through to the end. |
| 6. | To have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to depart from; to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to quit the place; to quit jesting. |
v. i. | 1. | To go away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease. |