Saturday, August 08, 2009

Tick


quit  /kwɪt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kwit] Show IPA verb, quit or quit⋅ted, quit⋅ting, adjective

verb (used with object)

1. to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
2. to depart from; leave (a place or person): They quit the city for the seashore every summer.
3. to give up or resign; let go; relinquish: He quit his claim to the throne. She quit her job.
4. to release one's hold of (something grasped).
5. to acquit or conduct (oneself).
6. to free or rid (oneself): to quit oneself of doubts.
7. to clear (a debt); repay.

verb (used without object)

8. to cease from doing something; stop.
9. to give up or resign one's job or position: He keeps threatening to quit.
10. to depart or leave.
11. to stop trying, struggling, or the like; accept or acknowledge defeat.

adjective

12. released from obligation, penalty, etc.; free, clear, or rid (usually fol. by of): quit of all further responsibilities.

I wish I was a nihilist or a minimalist or an anarchist or an apathist.

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