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

[ Syn: 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

[ Syn: leave office , step down , resign ]

go away or leave

[ Syn: depart , take leave ]

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

[ Syn: foreswear , renounce , relinquish ]

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 , chuck up the sponge ]