The Clue
Resign from (4 letter answer)
The Answer
QUIT
Tags
Notes
The answer QUIT is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
Related Clues
Abandon
Cease
Desist
Discontinue
Discontinued
Relinquish
Renounce
Resign
Stop
Surrender
Vacate
Admit defeat
Bail out
Computer command
Computer function
Conk out
Get out of
Give out
Give up
Kind of claim
Knock off
Leave the job
Leave off
Pack it in
Pull out
Stop trying
Throw in the towel
Call it a day
Go cold turkey
Hang up one's spurs
Definition
QUIT as a verb:
1. (discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off) = put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
2. (leave office, quit, step down, resign) = give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
3. (depart, take leave, quit) = go away or leave
4. (foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish) = turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
5. (drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge) = give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"