quit meaning and definition

QUIT verb

Definition of quit (verb)

1. put an end to a state or an activity
   • "Quit teasing your little brother"
   • synonyms: cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, stop
   • antonym: bear on
2. give up or retire from a position
   • "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
   • synonyms: leave office, resign, step down
   • antonym: take office
3. go away or leave
   • synonyms: depart, take leave
   • antonym: stay
4. turn away from; give up
   • "I am foreswearing women forever"
   • synonyms: foreswear, relinquish, renounce
5. give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
   • "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, throw in, throw in the towel
   • antonym: enter