LEAVE
Definition:
- [noun] the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother"
Synonyms: of absence
- [noun] permission to do something; "she was granted leave to speak"
- [noun] the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"
Synonyms: farewell, -taking, parting
- [verb] go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"
Synonyms: go forth, go away
- [verb] go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind"
- [verb] act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless"
- [verb] leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"
Synonyms: alone, behind
- [verb] move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
Synonyms: exit, go out, get out
- [verb] make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway"
Synonyms: allow for, allow, provide
- [verb] result in; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin"
Synonyms: result, lead
- [verb] 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"
Synonyms: depart, pull up stakes
- [verb] put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care"
Synonyms: entrust
- [verb] leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate"
Synonyms: bequeath, will
- [verb] have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11"
- [verb] be survived by after one's death; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"
Synonyms: behind
- [verb] tell or deposit (information) knowledge; "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"
Synonyms: impart, give, pass on
- [verb] leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"
Synonyms: forget
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Related Words:
- go out
- depart, take leave, quit
- pop off
- walk off, walk away
- hightail
- walk out
- come away
- decamp, skip, vamoose
- scram, buzz off, fuck off, get, bugger off
- run off, run out, bolt, bolt out, beetle off
- ride off, ride away
- go out
- tarry, linger
- depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off
- pull out, get out
- rush off, rush away
- run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
- slip away, steal away, sneak away, sneak off, sneak out
- vacate, empty, abandon
- jilt
- abandon, forsake, desolate, desert
- let
- go, go away, depart
- pop out
- file out
- hop out, get off
- fall out
- get off
- step out
- eject
- undock
- log out, log off
- lead
- leave office, quit, step down, resign
- drop out
- devise
- pass on
- remember
- fee-tail, entail
- widow
- furlough
- pass
- compassionate leave
- sabbatical, sabbatical leave
- shore leave, liberty
- sick leave
- terminal leave
- valediction
