· put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

Synonym(s): discontinue, stop, cease, give_up, lay_off

· give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"

Synonym(s): leave_office, step_down, resign

Hypernym(s): leave, depart, pull_up_stakes

· go away or leave

Synonym(s): depart, take_leave

Hypernym(s): leave, go_forth, go_away

· turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"

Synonym(s): foreswear, renounce, relinquish

Hypernym(s): abandon, give_up

· give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"

Synonym(s): drop_out, give_up, fall_by_the_wayside, drop_by_the_wayside, throw_in, throw_in_the_towel, chuck_up_the_sponge