1. Put an end to a state or an activity
   "Quit teasing your little brother"
   - discontinue, stop, cease, give up, lay off 
2. Give up or retire from a position
   - leave office, step down, resign 
3. Go away or leave
   - depart, take leave 
4. Turn away from; give up
   - foreswear, renounce, relinquish 
5. Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
   - drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, chuck up the sponge [US, non-standard]

Derived forms: quitting, quits, quitted

See also: quitter

Type of: abandon, depart, give up, go away, go forth, leave, pull up stakes

Encyclopedia: Quit

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