vverb.stativeput an end to a state or an activitySynset:cease discontinue give up lay off quit stop
Examples:- Quit teasing your little brother
Antonyms:continue
Derivationally Related Form:discontinuationstoppagecessationceasestopdiscontinuance
Inherited Hypernyms:discontinue
Direct Hyponyms:breakcall it a daycall it quitscheeseclose offdropknock offleave offpull the plugretireshut offsign offwithdraw
Full Troponyms:breakcall it quitscheesedropdrop outleave offnolle prospull the plugretireshut offsign off
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s VERB-ing | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s to INFINITIVE (apply to: cease, stop) | They --- moving (apply to: quit, give up, cease, stop)
vverb.socialgive up or retire from a positionSynset:leave office quit resign step down
Examples:- The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month
- The chairman resigned over the financial scandal
Antonyms:take office
Derivationally Related Form:resignation
Hypernyms:depart leave pull up stakes
Inherited Hypernyms:leave officeleavechange
Direct Hyponyms:fallgive uprenounceresignretiretop outvacate
Full Troponyms:abdicatebow outfallretiresuperannuatetop outvacate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s something (apply to: resign)
vverb.motiongo away or leaveSynset:depart quit take leave
Antonyms:stay
Derivationally Related Form:departuredeparter
Hypernyms:go away go forth leave
Inherited Hypernyms:departleave
Direct Hyponyms:beat a retreatbreak campcongeedecampplump outwalk out of
Full Troponyms:beat a retreatcongeedecampplump outwalk out of
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s PP | Somebody ---s (apply to: take leave)
vverb.possessionturn away from; give upSynset:foreswear quit relinquish renounce
Examples:- I am foreswearing women forever
Derivationally Related Form:renunciantrelinquishingrelinquishmentrenunciation
Hypernyms:abandon give up
Inherited Hypernyms:foreswearabandon
Direct Hyponyms:disclaim
Full Troponyms:disclaim
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.competitiongive up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeatSynset:chuck up the sponge drop by the wayside drop out fall by the wayside give up quit throw in throw in the towel
Examples:- In the second round, the challenger gave up
Antonyms:enter
Derivationally Related Form:quitter
Inherited Hypernyms:drop out
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | Somebody ---s something (apply to: quit, give up)
adj satadj.allon equal terms by payment or requitalExamples:- we're now quits
- finally quits with the loan
Antonyms:unequal
Inherited Hypernyms:quits
Similar to:equal