abandon - forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"

lapse - let slip; "He lapsed his membership"

foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish - turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"

knock off, drop - stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"

leave off - stop using; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here"

sign off - cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations

retire, withdraw - withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

pull the plug - prevent from happening or continuing; "The government pulled the plug on spending"

close off, shut off - stem the flow of

cheese - used in the imperative (get away, or stop it); "Cheese it!"

call it a day, call it quits - stop doing what one is doing; "At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books"

break - give up; "break cigarette smoking"

give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"

hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give - place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"

derequisition - release from government control

sacrifice, give - endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"

abdicate, renounce - give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

leave office, step down, quit, resign - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary fo the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"

gift, present, give - give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?"

yield up - surrender, as a result of pressure or force

sell - give up for a price or reward; "She sold her principles for a successful career"

sign away, sign over - formally assign ownership of; "She signed away her rights"

yield - cease opposition; stop fighting

concede - acknowledge defeat; "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"

capitulate - surrender under agreed conditions

ease up, give way, move over, yield, give - move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"

cave in, collapse, fall in, give way, founder, give, break - break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

kick - stop consuming; "kick a habit"