quit

1. (transitive) To leave (a place).Examples: "The British quit India in the 1940s."; "Jones had no sooner quitted the room, than the petty-fogger, in a whispering tone, asked Mrs Whitefield, “If she knew who that fine spark was?”"; "He quitted the lake on the 23rd of September, and on the 4th of October arrived at Queenstown, on the shores of Lake Wakatipu, having succeded in finding a transitable route."transitive

2. (transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.Examples: "To quit you […] of this fear, […]you have already lookt Death in the face; what have you found so terrible in it?"transitive

3. (transitive) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.Examples: "God will relent, and quit thee all his debt;"transitive

4. (transitive) To abandon, renounce (a thing).transitive

5. (ambitransitive) To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).Examples: "After having to work overtime without being paid, I quit my job."ambitransitive

6. (ambitransitive) To stop, give up (an activity). [(usually) with gerund; or with verbal noun]Examples: "John is planning to quit smoking."ambitransitive