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Verbs (36)

v. give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"

v. allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run"

v. stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"

abandon, give up

v. give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"

vacate, resign, renounce, give up

v. leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"

spare, give up, part with, dispense with

v. give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"

discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off

v. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego

v. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"

drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge

v. give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"

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Fuzzynyms (104)

yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under

v. consent reluctantly

drop, knock off

v. stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"

abandon, give up

v. give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"

vacate, resign, renounce, give up

v. leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"

drop, knock off

v. stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"

abandon, give up

v. stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"

leave office, quit, step down, resign

v. give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"

apostatize, apostatise, tergiversate

v. abandon one's beliefs or allegiances

desert

v. leave behind; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"

abandon, forsake, desolate, desert

v. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

surrender, relinquish

v. relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another

foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish

v. turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"

concede, yield, cede, grant

v. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

abandon, give up

v. give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"

leave, depart, pull up stakes

v. remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"

deliver, drive home

v. carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left"

unclutter, clear

v. rid of obstructions; "Clear your desk"

save, preserve

v. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"

reserve, hold, book

v. arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's"

spare

v. use frugally or carefully

stop, halt

v. come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"

stop

v. cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"

hold on, stop

v. stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"

end, stop, finish, terminate, cease

v. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

stop, halt, block, kibosh

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

bail

v. remove (water) from a vessel with a container

concede

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

relinquish, forgo, foreswear, dispense with, waive

v. do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"

waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with

v. do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"

default, default on

v. fail to pay up

release, relinquish, resign, free, give up

v. part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"

give

v. submit for consideration, judgment, or use; "give one's opinion"; "give an excuse"

predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate

v. be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

refrain, forbear

v. resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"

misplace, mislay, lose

v. place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses"

concede, yield, cede, grant

v. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

Synonyms (8)

depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off

v. leave; "The family took off for Florida"

Antonyms (19)

resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm

v. stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

battle, combat

v. battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"

preserve

v. keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing; "preserve the forest and the lakes"

preserve

v. keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing; "preserve the forest and the lakes"

preserve

v. keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing; "preserve the forest and the lakes"

prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure

v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

claim, lay claim, arrogate

v. demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident"

enter, participate

v. become a participant; be involved in; "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations"

give up

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