vbl. sb. [f. QUIT v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. in various senses.
1340. Ayenb., 114. Iesu crist ous tekþ zuo to oxi uoryeuenesse and quittinge.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), II. 125. For quytynge þerof he ȝaf to þe bisshop of Lyncolne a real citee.
1519. Horman, Vulg., 271. He was rewarded … for his manly quytynge.
1581. Marbeck, Bk. of Notes, 1115. That such stones did in olde time witnesse the quitting of a man.
1688. Wood, Life, 1 July (O. H. S.), III. 272. Thanksgiving … for the deliverance and quitting of the archbishop.
1768. Blackstone, Comm., III. 211. In case the notice of quitting proceeds from any tenant.
So Quitting ppl. a.
1886. Pall Mall Gaz., 9 Oct., 11/1. The quitting tenant is forbidden to remove … trees and bushes.
