Verb

• S: (v) discontinue (discontinue%2:42:00::), stop (stop%2:42:00::), cease (cease%2:42:00::), give up (give_up%2:42:00::), quit (quit%2:42:04::), lay off (lay_off%2:42:00::) (put an end to a state or an activity) "Quit teasing your little brother"
• S: (v) leave office (leave_office%2:41:00::), quit (quit%2:41:00::), step down (step_down%2:41:00::), resign (resign%2:41:05::) (give up or retire from a position) "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
• S: (v) depart (depart%2:38:00::), take leave (take_leave%2:38:00::), quit (quit%2:38:00::) (go away or leave)
• S: (v) foreswear (foreswear%2:40:00::), renounce (renounce%2:40:00::), quit (quit%2:40:00::), relinquish (relinquish%2:40:00::) (turn away from; give up) "I am foreswearing women forever"
• S: (v) drop out (drop_out%2:33:00::), give up (give_up%2:33:00::), fall by the wayside (fall_by_the_wayside%2:33:00::), drop by the wayside (drop_by_the_wayside%2:33:00::), throw in (throw_in%2:33:00::), throw in the towel (throw_in_the_towel%2:33:00::), quit (quit%2:33:05::), chuck up the sponge (chuck_up_the_sponge%2:33:00::) (give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat) "In the second round, the challenger gave up"