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GIVE UP

Definition:

1. [verb] lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
   Synonyms: forfeit, throw overboard, waive, forgo
   
   
2. [verb] 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"
   Synonyms: abandon
   
   
3. [verb] give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
   Synonyms: drop out, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge
   
   
4. [verb] put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
   Synonyms: discontinue, stop, cease, quit, lay off
   
   
5. [verb] give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
   Synonyms: spare, part with, dispense with
   
   
6. [verb] part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
   Synonyms: release, relinquish, resign, free
   
   
7. [verb] leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
   Synonyms: vacate, resign, renounce
   
   
8. [verb] relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
   Synonyms: surrender, cede, deliver
   
   
9. [verb] give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
   Synonyms: surrender
   
   
10. [verb] stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some calims in these negociations"
    Synonyms: abandon
    
    
11. [verb] allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run"
    Synonyms: allow
    
    
12. [verb] refrain from consuming; "You will have to forgo alcohol"
    Synonyms: forgo
    
    

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Related Words:

• lapse
• foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish
• drop, knock off
• leave off
• sign off
• retire, withdraw
• pull the plug
• shut off, close off
• cheese
• call it quits, call it a day
• break
• derequisition
• sacrifice, give
• abdicate, renounce
• yield up
• sell
• sign away, sign over
• concede
• capitulate
• kick

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