quitting

1. put an end to a state or an activityExamples: "Quit teasing your little brother"Synonyms: cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stopAntonyms: continue

2. give up or retire from a positionExamples: "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"Synonyms: leave office, quit, resign, step downAntonyms: take office

3. go away or leaveSynonyms: depart, quit, take leaveAntonyms: stay

4. turn away from; give upExamples: "I am foreswearing women forever"Synonyms: foreswear, quit, relinquish, renounce

5. give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeatExamples: "In the second round, the challenger gave up"Synonyms: chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towelAntonyms: enter