Definitions

quit

[kwit] / kwɪt /

VERB

abandon, leave

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depart drop drop out give up go pull out relinquish renounce retire surrender vacate withdraw

STRONG

abdicate blow book decamp desert evacuate exit forsake resign yield

WEAK

bow out check out cut out get off go away from hang it up leave flat leave hanging push off run out on take a walk take off throw over walk out on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

allow begin continue enter join stay

STRONG

arrive come in

WEAK

come complete do finish persevere remain

VERB

stop doing something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abandon break off cease conclude discontinue drop give up halt leave retire suspend terminate withdraw

STRONG

desist end resign secede

WEAK

call it a day call it quits cut it out get on the wagon give notice give over hang it up kick over kick the habit knock off leave off pack in quit cold sew up surcease take the cure wind up wrap up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

begin carry on commence continue go initiate join keep pursue rise start

WEAK

come complete do finish persevere remain stay

Example Sentences

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After its breakthrough at the Queensland election in 1998, all 11 of its elected MPs quit the party within two years.

From BBC

Number of TSA officers who have quit since the beginning of the shutdown.

From The Wall Street Journal

LeCun said he wasn’t going to leave New York or quit his professorship.

From The Wall Street Journal

About 15 years ago, the relentless travel and schedule left him so depleted that he briefly quit the show.

From Los Angeles Times

The number of people who told him to quit would have filled the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times