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resign
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up, let go |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, abnegate, back down, cast, cast off, cede, cut loose, desert, discard, ditch*, drop, drop like hot potato, drop out, dump*, forbear, forgo, forsake, forswear, hand over, kick, kiss good-bye, lay aside, leave, opt out, quit, quit cold turkey, release, renounce, repudiate, resign, retire from, sacrifice, shed, stand down, surrender, swear off, take the oath, take the pledge, vacate, waive, withdraw, yield |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | retire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave a place or responsibility |
| Synonyms: | absent oneself, decamp, deny oneself, depart, draw back, ebb, exit, fall back, get away, get off, give ground, give up work, give way, go, go away, go to bed, go to one's room, go to sleep, hand over, hit the sack, leave service, make vacant, part, pull back, pull out, recede, regress, relinquish, remove, repeal, rescind, resign, retreat, revoke, run along, rusticate, secede, seclude oneself, separate, sever connections, stop working, surrender, take off, turn in, withdraw, yield |
| Antonyms: | begin, enter, join |
| Main Entry: | retreat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pull back, go away |
| Synonyms: | abandon, avoid, back, back away, back down, back off, back out, backtrack, beat it, cave in, decamp, depart, disengage, draw back, ebb, elude, escape, evacuate, evade, fall back, fold, give ground, go, go along with, go back, hand over, hide, keep aloof, keep apart, lay down, leave, move back, opt out, pull out, quail, quit, recede, recoil, reel, regress, relinquish, resign, retire, retrocede, retrograde, reverse, run, seclude oneself, sequester, shrink, start back, turn tail, vacate, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | advance, face, forge, meet |
| Main Entry: | secede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pull away; split from |
| Synonyms: | abdicate, apostatize, break with, disaffiliate, leave, quit, resign, retire, retract, retreat, separate, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | combine, come in, join, unite |
| Main Entry: | waive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up; let go |
| Synonyms: | abandon, allow, cede, defer, delay, disclaim, disown, dispense with, forgo, grant, hand over, hold off, hold up, leave, neglect, postpone, prorogue, put off, refrain from, reject, relinquish, remit, remove, renege, renounce, reserve, resign, set aside, shelve, stay, surrender, suspend, table, turn over, yield |
| Antonyms: | claim |
| Main Entry: | yield |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give in, surrender |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, admit defeat, back down, bend, bow, break, buy, call it quits, capitulate, cave in, cede, collapse, come to terms, crumple, defer, fold, fold up, give oneself over, give up, give way, go, hand over, knuckle, knuckle under, lay down arms, leave, let go, part with, relax, relent, relinquish, resign, sag, submit, succumb, suffer defeat, throw in the towel |
| Antonyms: | deny, oppose, prevent, refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | give in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | admit defeat |
| Synonyms: | abandon, back down, bail out, bow out, buckle under, capitulate, cave in, cease, cede, chicken out, collapse, comply, concede, cry uncle, cut out, desist, despair, drop, fold, forswear, give up, hand over, leave off, pull out, quit, relinquish, resign, stop, submit, surrender, waive, yield |
| Antonyms: | hold out |
| Main Entry: | demit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | relinquish |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, cede, hand over, quit, quitclaim, renounce, resign, surrender, terminate, yield |
| Main Entry: | quitclaim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abdicate |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abjure, abnegate, bag it, bail out, cede, demit, drop*, forgo, forswear, give up, hand over, leave, leave high and dry, leave holding the bag, leave in the lurch, opt out, quit, relinquish, render, renounce, resign, retire, sell out, step down, surrender, vacate, waive, withdraw, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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