What is quit?

More definitions of "quit":

• (verb): Go away or leave.
  Synonyms: depart, take leave

• (verb): Give up or retire from a position.
  Synonyms: leave office, step down, resign

• (verb): Turn away from; give up.
  Synonyms: foreswear, renounce, relinquish

• (verb): Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat.
  Synonyms: drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, chuck up the sponge

Famous quotes containing the word quit:

“A rotten carcass of a butt, not rigged,
Nor tackle, sail, nor mast—the very rats
Instinctively have quit it.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“When I quit working, I lost all sense of identity in about fifteen minutes.”
—Paige Rense (b. 1929)

“My philosophy is that to be a director you cannot be subject to anyone, even the head of the studio. I threatened to quit each time I didn’t get my way, but no one ever let me walk out.”
—Dorothy Arzner (1900–1979)