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Grit can refer to:

The mesh or unit of measure for sandpaper and other polishing materials
Grit (geology) or grus (geology), a clastic sediment composed of hard, often abrasive granules of a size range between sand and pebbles, typically from exfoliation of bedrock (typically granite)
- Gritstone, a sedimentary rock formed by diagenesis of grit
Grits, a corn-based food common in the Southern United States and Southern Manchuria
- GRITS (derived from the above meaning) is an American slang term short for Girls Raised In The South
- GRIT (derived from the above meaning) is an American military slang term for someone from the South.
- Grits, a derogatory slang term in the Middle Atlantic United States referring to caucasian working class people, a synonym for redneck
A substance made available to domestic fowl to aid in digestion, as a gastrolith.

the inability to give up; strong character; pluck
Road salt, used to prevent ice forming on roads
Grit (newspaper), a U.S. periodical founded as a newspaper in 1882
Clear Grits, reformers in the Province of Upper Canada, a British colony that is now the Province of Ontario, Canada
Grits, a media term for the Liberal Party of Canada
GRITS, a Christian hip hop group
Grit (Advance Wars), a character in the Advance Wars series of video games
Grit (album), album by Celtic fusion musician Martyn Bennett
Grit, a synonym for dip, or chewing tobacco
GRiT, a slang for methamphetamine
Gritty Weed, adulterated herbal Cannabis in the UK
Grits is also an internet meme on Slashdot
Grit is also used to smoothen surfaces which are slippery

GRIT, an acronym for Gradual Reduction in Tension, a model of international conflict management developed by Charles Osgood and advocated by several prominent International Relations scholars.
GRIT (Military Acronym) Used as an aide memoir for fire control orders (Group, Range, Indication, Type of Fire)
GRIT is an acronym for Grantor Retained Interest Trust.