quit (v noun)

br: /kwɪt/ ክዊት  
us: /kwɪt/ ክዊት  

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1. put an end to a state or an activity
Quit teasing your little brother;
Synonyms : ['discontinue', 'stop', 'cease', 'give_up', 'lay_off']
Antonyms : ['continue']

2. give up or retire from a position
The chairman resigned over the financial scandal; The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month;
Synonyms : ['leave_office', 'step_down', 'resign']
Antonyms : ['take_office']

3. go away or leave

Synonyms : ['depart', 'take_leave']
Antonyms : ['stay']

4. turn away from; give up
I am foreswearing women forever;
Synonyms : ['foreswear', 'renounce', 'relinquish']

5. give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
In the second round, the challenger gave up;
Synonyms : ['drop_out', 'give_up', 'fall_by_the_wayside', 'drop_by_the_wayside', 'throw_in', 'throw_in_the_towel', 'chuck_up_the_sponge']
Antonyms : ['enter']