Word Meanings - QUIT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of QUIT)
- Abandon
- Leave
- forsake
- desert
- renounce
- cease
- relinquish
- discontinue
- castoff
- resign
- retire
- quit
- forego
- forswear
- depart from
- vacate
- surrender
- abjure
- repudiate
- Avoid
- Quit
- shun
- abandon
- fly
- eschew
- elude
- dodge
- escape
- shirk
- Defray
- Meet
- liquidate
- pay
- settle
- bear
- discharge
- Release Free
- loose
- liberate
- acquit
- exempt
- extricate
- disengage
- indemnify
- Relinquish
- Resign
- leave
- give up
- lay aside
- cede
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of QUIT)
Related words: (words related to QUIT)
- ACQUIT
Acquitted; set free; rid of. Shak. - SHIRKER
One who shirks. Macaulay. - RESIGNATION
1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission. 2. The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as, - DESERTER
One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion. - ASIDE
1. On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart. Thou shalt set aside that which is full. 2 Kings iv. 4. But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king. Shak. - RELEASE
To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back. - LEAVE-TAKING
Taking of leave; parting compliments. Shak. - VACATE
Etym: 1. To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house. 2. To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of - FORSAKE
1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity. If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments. Ps. lxxxix. 30. 2. To renounce; to - ESCHEW
1. To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of. They must not only eschew evil, but do good. Bp. Beveridge. 2. To escape from; to avoid. He who obeys, destruction shall eschew. Sandys. - FORSWEARER
One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath. - LEAVED
Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in combination; as, a four-leaved clover; a two-leaved gate; long- leaved. - FORSAKER
One who forsakes or deserts. - DISCONTINUE
To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school - DEPARTURE
The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another. Bouvier. (more info) 1. Division; separation; putting away. No other remedy . . . but absolute departure. Milton. - RETAINMENT
The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More. - DEPARTMENT
1. Act of departing; departure. Sudden departments from one extreme to another. Wotton. 2. A part, portion, or subdivision. 3. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province. Superior to Pope in Pope's - FASTENER
One who, or that which, makes fast or firm. - SETTLEMENT
A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it. 2. That which settles, - RESIGNED
Submissive; yielding; not disposed to resist or murmur. A firm, yet cautious mind; Sincere, thought prudent; constant, yet resigned. Pope. - PRELUDE
An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially , a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with - INDESERT
Ill desert. Addison. - BELEAVE
To leave or to be left. May. - PRELUDER
One who, or that which, preludes; one who plays a prelude. Mason. - UNLIQUIDATED
Not liquidated; not exactly ascertained; not adjusted or settled. Unliquidated damages , penalties or damages not ascertained in money. Burrill. - MISDESERT
Ill desert. Spenser.