The Clue
Even (5 letter answer)
The Answer
QUITS
Tags
Notes
The answer QUITS is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1300 puzzles.
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Definition
QUIT as a verb:
1. (discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off) = put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
2. (leave office, quit, step down, resign) = give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
3. (depart, take leave, quit) = go away or leave
4. (foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish) = turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
5. (drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge) = give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
QUITS as an adjective:
1. on equal terms by payment or requital; "we're now quits"; "finally quits with the loan"