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Definition of discontinue : 1. To be separated or severed; to part.
2. To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.
3. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off.

Synonyms:

develop, drop out, retire from, furlough, conk out, barricade, demote, relegate, forego, burst, finish, retract, break short, hold on, repudiate, go, contain, collapse, cave in, snap off, cede, separate, fall apart, block up, break in, transgress, better, blockade, chuck up the sponge, withdraw from, get around, knap, forgo, bring out, block, give way, dampen, fall by the wayside, abjure, cut off, release, go bad, discover, forfeit, go against, break out, divulge, chip, expose, break-dance, belay, swear off, lay off, step down, dispense with, part, spare, intermit, continue, come apart, deliver, bar, breach, soften, crack, split, give away, block off, take leave, leave off, smash, unwrap, get out, hold back, break off, part with, violate, offend, check, turn back, bankrupt, leave office, stop over, throw in the towel, stall, let out, reveal, damp, depart, give, recrudesce, break away, fail, wear, weaken, bust, cast off, allow, ruin, forswear, break down, give out, depart from, recant, throw overboard, throw in, drop by the wayside, break up, kick downstairs, erupt, founder, kibosh, split up, foreswear, die, arrest, fall in, disclose, cut short, infract, fracture, surcease, waive, intercept, kick, wear out, chip off, bump, let on, come off, free

cease, stop, end, study at stop, terminate, break, close, refrain, stay, suspend, pause, halt, remit, culminate, desist, interrupt

abdicate, surrender, drop, quit, evacuate, forsake, vacate, relinquish, leave, resign, abandon, defect, desert

minimize, diminish, reduce, shorten, decrease, fragment, curtail, abbreviate

give up, withdraw

disclaim, renounce, retire, reject, accept

Usage examples:

• The curriculum was changed, making the lower schools correspond with our grammar schools, and adapting their studies to the needs of those who must discontinue schooling at a comparatively early age. - "The Haskalah Movement in Russia", Jacob S. Raisin.
• As Gertrude pondered the distressing results of every visit, she half hoped he would discontinue them, believing that their feelings would be less wounded by a total separation than by interviews which must leave on the mind of each a still greater sense of estrangement. - "The Lamplighter", Maria S. Cummins.
• She put on her hat and veil without making it necessary for us to discontinue our talk. - "The Siege of the Seven Suitors", Meredith Nicholson.