to claim quit, also to quit claim (a person or thing): to proclaim quit or released; to let go, dismiss, renounce, let off, release, absolve. Obsolete…

to claim quit, also to quit claim (a person or thing): to proclaim quit or released; to let go, dismiss, renounce, let off, release, absolve. Obsolete…

transitive. Law. To give up, surrender, transfer, or release (a right, property, etc.). Also: to release (a person) from an obligation, etc…

transitive. To give up, resign, relinquish (a right or claim). Now chiefly: to surrender (a claim or right of legal action).

transitive. To give up, resign, or surrender (a right, claim, possession, etc.); to relinquish. Now chiefly in historical contexts.

transitive. To give up, resign, surrender (a claim, right, or possession), esp. by means of a formal declaration. Formerly also: †to give up (a…

transitive. To abjure, renounce, eschew. Obsolete.

transitive. Chiefly Scots Law. To renounce (a right, claim, etc.), esp. by means of a formal declaration (formerly also reflexive with complement…

To forswear, abjure. Obsolete.

transitive. to quit claim to: to abandon a claim to (a person or thing); (Law, now U.S.) to convey (one's interest in property). Cf. quitclaim, v. 2.

transitive. Law. = remise, v.1 1. Chiefly in legal formulas.

colloquial. transitive. To renounce, give up, absent oneself from, avoid (a thing).

transitive. To renounce, give up (something). Also intransitive.