英语词汇“quittal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

quit /kwit/ or (archaic) quite (Spenser quight or quyte) /kwīt/

transitive verb

quittˈing

archaic

quītˈing

quittˈed

quit

archaic

quītˈed

To depart from

To cease to occupy

(with of) to rid (oneself)

To let go

To leave off, cease (esp N American)

To resign from

To behave, acquit (oneself; archaic)

To absolve, release from obligation

To clear off, discharge (a debt, etc)

To repay, requite (obsolete)

To free, rid (obsolete)

To clear of blame, etc, acquit (obsolete)

intransitive verb

To leave off, cease (esp N American)

To resign

To depart

adjective

(quit) set free

Clear, rid

Quits

Released from obligation

ORIGIN: OFr quiter (Fr quitter), from LL quiētāre to pay, from L quiētāre to make quiet, from quiētus quiet

quits adjective

Even

Neither owing nor owed

quittˈal noun (Shakespeare)

Requital

quittˈance noun

A release
A discharge from debt
A receipt
Requital

transitive verb (obsolete)

To repay

quittˈer noun

A shirker
A person who gives up easily

quitˈclaim noun (law)

A deed of release, as of relinquishment of a claim or portion of mining ground

transitive verb

To relinquish claim or title to
To release, discharge

quitˈ-rent noun

A (usu nominal) rent in money or kind in lieu of services

call it quits or cry quits (or formerly quittance)

To declare oneself even with another, and so satisfied

double or quits see under double

quit scores

To balance accounts