Verb (used with object) : She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house. ,They quit the city for the seashore every summer. ,He quit his claim to the throne. She quit her job.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : He keeps threatening to quit.    From Dictionary.com. 

Adjective : quit of all further responsibilities.    From Dictionary.com. 

How anyone can make excuses about Palin quitting is beyond me.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain addresses Palin, health care on Tonight Show] Reference

Listening to Republicans try and justify Palin quitting is as crazy as her speech.    From Wordnik.com.  [DNC reacts: Palin decision 'continues a pattern of bizarre behavior'] Reference

I guess her quitting is another "Mission Accomplished" moment.    From Wordnik.com.  [DNC reacts: Palin decision 'continues a pattern of bizarre behavior'] Reference

You may call it "quitting", but you can also look at as accepting reality!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinton takes on TV pundits at distillery stop in Kentucky] Reference

The difference between Obama's "quitting" and Palin's quitting is that Obama didn't quit until he was elected to something higher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rove: Palin's resignation lacks clear strategy] Reference

"Where does the phrase quitting cold turkey come from?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Minneapolis/St. Paul Breaking News, Weather, Video, Traffic and Sports for Minnesota from WCCO-TV] Reference

Wish him the best of luck in quitting the habit. marcus Tate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama admits to smoking on occasion] Reference

What could she possible see as a positive in quitting early?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alaska's soon-to-be governor praises Palin] Reference

Like Twain said, quitting is easy, I do it a couple of times a day.    From Wordnik.com.  [There's Smoke in Your Eyes] Reference

This Clinton "strength" of never quitting; is not a strength in my book.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clyburn: Bill Clinton's behavior 'bizarre'] Reference

Where's the courage in quitting her job as governor halfway through her term?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Virginia welcomes Sarah Palin] Reference

Personally I think she made a misstep in quitting again but only time will tell!.    From Wordnik.com.  [I'm 'saddened' by 'vicious attacks' on Palin, McCain says] Reference

Good for you, quitting is not bad when it is not about giving up, but about renewing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quitting] Reference

This is the same guy who thinks Palin quitting shows "leadership" so he's hardly credible.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain: Obama was wrong on stimulus either then or now] Reference

Palin quitting makes John McCain wrong again as she flushes him down the toilet with her. sine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Palin ally: 'Life is not happy for her' right now] Reference

Dorgan quitting is a disaster for his party, turning a very likely hold seat into a very likely GOP pickup.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Two Retirements] Reference

Then again, it makes Ms. Palin quitting as governor after only half a term seem so much more understandable now.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert J. Elisberg: Apparently, It's Hard Out Here for This Pimp, too] Reference

So it feels to me like the danger isn't just in quitting your day job -- it's in abandoning your original career.    From Wordnik.com.  [Up The Hill Backwards] Reference

And worst of all, with Palin quitting, there's nobody keeping an eye on Putin whenever he's flying around up there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poll: Was Palin's resignation a smart move?] Reference

He was a stumbling Willie Mays, a battered Joe Louis, a walking advertisement for quitting while the quitting is good.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Closing scenes for Clemens] Reference

What I learned by quitting is that if you really are an artist, then that engine will operate in whatever vehicle it is given.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Interview With Author Steven R. Boyett « A Working Title] Reference

That makes about as much sense as Palin quitting on the people who elected her to lead them and then saying she isn't a quitter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pawlenty back in spotlight, again] Reference

President Obama also has faced "birthing" attacks over his very legitimacy as American-born, but for him, quitting is not an option.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Rogue' Palin hints at ambitions] Reference

How about the GOP frontrunner Palin quitting again ... her vacation in Hawaii no less ... because her incognito visor backfired on her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Connecticut Dem says time for Dodd to go] Reference

Who cares whether quitting was a good idea or not.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poll: Was Palin's resignation a smart move?] Reference

I've been wavering over the idea of quitting medications.    From Wordnik.com.  [www.mentallyinteresting.org.uk | Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive] Reference

They don’t call it quitting, they call it “going Galt.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Arizona Doctor Plans To Close His Office Because Of ‘Stress’ Caused By ‘Obamacare’] Reference

"I do not like the idea of quitting the service altogether," said.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War] Reference

You're not still playing with the notion of quitting the world, are you?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rose Rent]

He had, indeed, already formed the idea of quitting the service altogether.    From Wordnik.com.  [At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War] Reference

Then Pam was in front of me, the woman I had called a quitting birch not so long ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Duma Key]

I like the concept, but the idea of quitting everything and rebuilding seems a bit too much.    From Wordnik.com.  [Declare Time-Bankruptcy To Reboot Your Schedule | Lifehacker Australia] Reference

Now that I am eighty, I no longer entertain the idea of quitting unless my battery runs low.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Grace to Race] Reference

The men did not relish the idea of quitting the spot; but, after some talk, they came into my plan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast] Reference