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  • verb transitive to surrender
  • verb transitive to stop or desist; to quit
  • verb transitive to relinquish
  • verb transitive to lose hope
  • verb transitive to abandon
  • verb intransitive to admit defeat, to capitulate

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
  • verb leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
  • verb allow the other (baseball) team to score
  • verb stop consuming
  • verb part with a possession or right
  • verb give up with the intent of never claiming again
  • verb relinquish possession or control over
  • verb give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
  • verb give up what is not strictly needed
  • verb give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
  • verb put an end to a state or an activity
  • verb lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime

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synonyms (113)

Words with the same meaning

  1. abandon
  2. abandon hope
  3. abdicate
  4. abjure
  5. acknowledge defeat
  6. back down
  7. be at sea
  8. be innocent of
  9. be lost
  10. be pensioned
  11. be superannuated
  12. blin
  13. break off combat
  14. break the habit
  15. cave in
  16. cease
  17. cease resistance
  18. cede
  19. come off
  20. coquet with
  21. cry quits
  22. cut out
  23. dabble
  24. demit
  25. desist
  26. desist from
  27. despair
  28. despair of
  29. despond
  30. discontinue
  31. disgorge
  32. dispense with
  33. dispose of
  34. disuse
  35. do without
  36. drop
  37. dump
  38. falter
  39. forgo
  40. forlet
  41. forswear
  42. get along without
  43. get rid of
  44. give away
  45. give ground
  46. give in
  47. give over
  48. give up hope
  49. give way
  50. hand
  51. hand over
  52. have done with
  53. have no idea
  54. kick
  55. kiss good-bye
  56. know a little
  57. know not
  58. know not what
  59. know nothing of
  60. lay down
  61. leave
  62. leave off
  63. let go
  64. lose heart
  65. lose hope
  66. make a sacrifice
  67. make nothing of
  68. nol-pros
  69. not know
  70. not pursue with
  71. not rightly know
  72. not understand
  73. part with
  74. pass
  75. pension off
  76. put behind one
  77. quit
  78. quit the field
  79. quitclaim
  80. recant
  81. relinquish
  82. render up
  83. renounce
  84. renounce the throne
  85. resign
  86. retire
  87. retire from office
  88. retract
  89. sacrifice
  90. scratch the surface
  91. shake
  92. sink into despair
  93. smatter
  94. spare
  95. stand aside
  96. stand down
  97. step aside
  98. stop
  99. superannuate
  100. surrender
  101. swear off
  102. take the pledge
  103. throw off
  104. throw up
  105. toy with
  106. vacate
  107. waive
  108. withdraw from
  109. wonder
  110. wonder whether
  111. wot not of
  112. yield
  113. yield to despair

hypernyms (7)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. dispense with
  2. forego
  3. foreswear
  4. forgo
  5. give
  6. relinquish
  7. waive

hyponyms (17)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. break
  2. call it a day
  3. call it quits
  4. cheese
  5. close off
  6. drop
  7. foreswear
  8. knock off
  9. leave off
  10. pull the plug
  11. quit
  12. relinquish
  13. renounce
  14. retire
  15. shut off
  16. sign off
  17. withdraw

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