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noun

as in departure
the act of leaving a place we simply didn't know what to make of the couple's sudden quitting of the party

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quitting

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adjective

1
as in surrendering

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as in dying

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quitting

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verb

present participle of quit
1
as in leaving
to give up (a job or office) he decided to quit his job at the fast-food restaurant

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2
as in abandoning
to stop doing (something) permanently her doctor told her it was high time she quit smoking

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as in stopping
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end quit pestering your coworkers with pointless questions

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as in deserting
to cause to remain behind he quit the house sometime around nine this morning and hasn't been seen since

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as in succumbing
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) tried to persuade his daughter to remain at home, but eventually he just quit and let her go out on her own

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as in ending
to come to an end will this teasing ever quit?

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as in paying
to give what is owed for eager to quit all debts before starting married life

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as in exiting
to leave a place often for another we plan to quit the amusement park around seven tonight and then head to the diner for some food

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as in behaving
to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way I thought the kids quitted themselves quite well at the concert tonight

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Recent Examples of quitting
Noun
Even then, Golden says the logistics of quitting often became a source of comic relief. — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 Howe’s quitting came on the back of Anthony Gordon and Sandro Tonali being sold. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026 There's no quitting in this country. — Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 27 June 2026 Behavioral habits, including hand-to-mouth motion, inhalation and smoking rituals may also contribute to why quitting is difficult for many smokers. — Victoria Forster, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 The quitting on his team in the final game of that season. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026 Some are on sabbatical from their jobs and are slowly talking themselves into quitting. — Tim Brinkhof, Time, 4 May 2026 Overall, 92,000 jobs were lost, and the voluntary quitting rate dropped — seen as a measure of employees’ confidence in their ability to find new work. — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 3 Apr. 2026 There are no alliances or no voting mechanism, but anyone losing or quitting is immediately out of the game, until there is only one contender remaining. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
Craig, now a devoted granddad with a dry sense of humor, began working alongside his father at thirteen, quitting school even though teachers warned him that house moving was a dying trade. — Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026 Hep Spyder blamed Dwight for Buffo Carducci’s quitting on him back when Dwight was Hep’s tent boss. — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026 These panels provide practical tips on everything from fast, effective video editing to building a brand without quitting your day job – and discovering how creators are turning their passions into careers. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026 For the average American family, one parent would need to earn around $80,000 to sustain the other quitting their job to raise one child. — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 The hitmaker transitioned from being one of the biggest stars to come from the continent to him considering quitting music. — Ngozi Nwanji, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2026 The Rush legend is far from the first musician to publicly talk about quitting weed in some fashion — though only some of them stuck to it, and one of them was totally making it up. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026 Instead Liz spent most of the night driving around, thinking about quitting school. — Felice J. Freyer, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026 Some children are quitting school and starting to work to help their families make ends meet. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quitting
  1. departure
  2. surrendering
  3. dying
  4. leaving
  5. abandoning
  6. stopping
  7. succumbing
  8. ending
Noun
  • Katseye’s departure from Daisy Chain Fields comes while the group, which debuted as a six-member group, remains down two singers.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Compared, say, with the 1990s here, the suite of departures to points near and far is formidable.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of departure
Adjective
  • The Mule lands on the planet, and Indbur the weasel immediately kneels before the pirate, completely surrendering.
    — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
Definition of surrendering
Adjective
  • What’s the vibe for you, post-dying?
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • Garden centers aren't giving a refund for a dying or dead plant but rather a discount on a new purchase.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2025
Definition of dying
Verb
  • Jonah Bevin's adoptive parents did not attend a custody hearing after it was shut down, briefly leaving him as a ward of the state in the Caribbean nation.
    — Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Government debt makes up more than 200% of its gross domestic product, leaving its finances highly sensitive to rising borrowing costs.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of leaving
Verb
  • For Roman's team, the prospect of abandoning the telescope just before the finish line hit hard.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Still, the numbers do not show that investors are broadly abandoning Bitcoin for Solana.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of abandoning
Verb
  • There is really no way to talk about the film unless one falls back on wispy vagaries and pointed allusions to cinematic precedents, or just explaining the act one set-up and then stopping with the warning that things get really weird thereafter.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Plain water can help remove waste from the blood into the urine, stopping kidney stones from forming.
    — Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of stopping
Verb
  • Suspicions that the festival was succumbing to fascist influences actually led to the establishment of the Cannes Film Festival as an alternative after the 1938 edition.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The Liberty’s deficit stayed in double figures while succumbing to the pressure of Golden State’s small lineups.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of succumbing
Verb
  • Angels shortstop Zach Neto capped a 12-pitch at-bat in the eighth with a solo homer off Phillies reliever Jonathan Bowlan, tying the score 1-1 and ending a string of 30 consecutive innings without an extra-base hit for the Angels.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Sony has committed to ending production of new PlayStation discs starting in 2028, but Xbox has taken advantage of the negative sentiment around that, talking about game preservation with a new, rather cool, disc-to-digital system.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of ending

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“Quitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quitting. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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