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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