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