quit

(kwĭt)

1. To depart from; leave: “You and I are on the point of quitting the theater of our exploits” (Horatio Nelson).
2. To leave the company of: had to quit the gathering in order to be home by midnight.
3. To give up; relinquish: quit a job.
4. To abandon or put aside; forsake: advised them to quit their dissipated ways.
5. To cease or discontinue: asked them to quit talking; quit smoking.
6. Computer Science To exit (an application).
7. a. To rid oneself of by paying: quit a debt.
   b. To release from a burden or responsibility.
8. To conduct (oneself) in a specified way: Quit yourselves like adults.

1. To cease performing an action. See Synonyms at stop.
2. To give up, as in defeat; stop.
3. To leave a job.