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quit

Verbs

• (v) put an end to a state or an activity
  • Quit teasing your little brother
  cease, discontinue, lay off, stop, give up,
• (v) give up or retire from a position
  • The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month
  • The chairman resigned over the financial scandal
  leave office, step down, resign,
• (v) go away or leave take leave, depart,
• (v) turn away from; give up
  • I am foreswearing women forever
  foreswear, relinquish, renounce,
• (v) give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
  • In the second round, the challenger gave up
  chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, throw in the towel, throw in, give up,

Synonyms

cease discontinue lay off stop give up leave office step down resign take leave depart foreswear relinquish renounce chuck up the sponge drop by the wayside drop out fall by the wayside throw in the towel throw in

Antonyms

preserve uphold carry on continue bear on take office stay enter participate

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