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Meaning of quit

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  quit
      v 1: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your
           little brother" [syn: {discontinue}, {stop}, {cease}, {give
           up}, {quit}, {lay off}] [ant: {bear on}, {carry on},
           {continue}, {preserve}, {uphold}]
      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" [syn: {leave office}, {quit}, {step
         down}, {resign}] [ant: {take office}]
      3: go away or leave [syn: {depart}, {take leave}, {quit}] [ant:
         {stay}]
      4: turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
         [syn: {foreswear}, {renounce}, {quit}, {relinquish}]
      5: give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat;
         "In the second round, the challenger gave up" [syn: {drop
         out}, {give up}, {fall by the wayside}, {drop by the
         wayside}, {throw in}, {throw in the towel}, {quit}, {chuck up
         the sponge}] [ant: {enter}, {participate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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