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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, leave |
| Synonyms: | abdicate, blow*, book*, bow out, check out, cut out, decamp, depart, desert, drop, drop out, evacuate, exit, forsake, get off, give up, go, go away from, hang it up, leave flat, leave hanging, pull out, push off, relinquish, renounce, resign, retire, run out on, surrender, take a walk, take off, throw over, vacate, walk out on, withdraw, yield |
| Antonyms: | come, remain, stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abandon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave behind, relinquish |
| Synonyms: | abdicate, back out, bail out, bow out, chicken out, cop out, cut loose, desert, discard, discontinue, ditch*, drop, drop out, duck*, dump*, dust*, flake out, fly the coop, give up the ship, kiss goodbye, leave, leg it, let go, opt out, pull out, quit, run out on, screw*, ship out, stop, storm out, surrender, take a powder, take a walk, throw over, vacate, walk out on, wash hands of, withdraw, yield |
| Antonyms: | cherish, defend, keep, pursue, retain, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abandon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave in troubled state |
| Synonyms: | back out, desert, disown, forsake, jilt, leave, leave behind, quit, reject, renounce, throw over, walk out on |
| Antonyms: | adopt, assert, favor, uphold |
Example Sentences
- When a doctor suggested that he abandon "wine, women and song," he asked if he had to quit everything at once.
- It's amazing how many people have quit smoking in the past generation.
- The last two park rangers quit because of ghosts.
| Main Entry: | abdicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up a right, position, or power |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abjure, abnegate, bag it, bail out, cede, demit, drop, forgo, give up, leave, leave high and dry, leave holding the bag, leave in the lurch, opt out, quit, quitclaim, relinquish, renounce, resign, retire, sell out, step down, surrender, vacate, waive, withdraw, yield |
| Antonyms: | assert, assume, challenge, claim, defend, defy, hold, maintain, remain, retain, treasure, usurp |
| Main Entry: | abscond |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run away, depart secretly |
| Synonyms: | beat it, bolt*, break, clear out, cut and run, decamp, disappear, dog it, duck out, escape, fade*, flee, fly the coop, get, go AWOL, go south, hightail, jump*, leave, make a break, make off, make scarce, pull out, quit, run off, scram, skedaddle, skip out, slip, sneak away, split*, steal away, take off, vamoose, vanish |
| Antonyms: | abide, continue, endure, give up, remain, stay, stop, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abstain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold back from doing |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abnegate, avoid, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fast, fence-sit, forbear, forgo, give the go by, give up, go on the wagon, keep from, pass, pass up, quit, refrain, refuse, renounce, shun, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sit out, spurn, starve, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold |
| Antonyms: | indulge, use |
| Main Entry: | bail out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | escape |
| Synonyms: | flee, quit, retreat, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | stay |
| Main Entry: | break away |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depart |
| Synonyms: | escape, flee, fly, leave, part company, quit, run away, split* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, conclude |
| Synonyms: | back off, break off, bring to an end, call it a day, call it quits, close, close out, come to an end, culminate, cut it out, desist, die, discontinue, drop, end, fail, finish, give over, halt, intermit, knock off, leave off, pack in, quit, quit cold turkey, refrain, shut down, stay, surcease, terminate, wind up |
| Notes: | cease means to put an end to a state or an activity, to stop - while seize means to take hold of, to grab |
| Antonyms: | begin, commence, continue, go, initiate, keep on, start |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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