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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop doing something |
| Synonyms: | abandon, break off, call it a day, call it quits, cease, conclude, cut it out, desist, discontinue, drop, end, get on the wagon, give notice, give over, give up, halt, hang it up, kick over, kick the habit, knock off, leave, leave off, pack in, quit cold, resign, retire, secede, sew up, surcease, suspend, take the cure, terminate, wind up, withdraw, wrap up |
| Antonyms: | complete, continue, do, finish, persevere |
| Main Entry: | resign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up responsibility |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, bail out, bow out, capitulate, cease work, cede, demit, divorce oneself from, drop, drop out, end service, fold, forgo, forsake, give notice, give up the ship, hand in resignation, hand over, hang it up, leave, quit, relinquish, renounce, retire, secede, separate oneself from, sign off, stand aside, stand down, step down, surrender, terminate, throw in the towel, turn over, vacate, waive, walk out, wash hands of, yield |
| Antonyms: | agree, take on |
| 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: | return |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go back, turn back |
| Synonyms: | back up, bounce back, circle back, come again, come back, double back, go again, hark back to, move back, react, reappear, rebound, recoil, reconsider, recrudesce, recur, reel back, reenter, reexamine, reoccur, repair, repeat, retire, retrace steps, retreat, revert, revisit, revolve, rotate, turn |
| Antonyms: | depart, leave |
| Main Entry: | scrap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon; throw away |
| Synonyms: | break up, cast, chuck, consign to scrap heap, demolish, discard, dismiss, dispense with, ditch, do away with, drop, forsake, get rid of, jettison, junk, put out to pasture, reject, retire, shed, slough, throw out, toss out, write off |
| Antonyms: | hoard, keep, save, store |
| 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: | seclude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | isolate, hide |
| Synonyms: | blockade, boycott, cloister, closet, conceal, confine, cover, embargo, enclose, evict, immure, ostracize, quarantine, retire, screen, segregate, separate, sequester, shut off, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | join, mingle, socialize |
| Main Entry: | shrink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recoil, shy away |
| Synonyms: | blench, boggle, contract, cower, cringe, crouch, demur, draw back, flinch, hang back, huddle, quail, recede, refuse, retire, retreat, scruple, shudder, slink, wince, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | face, meet, take on |
| Main Entry: | sleep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suspend consciousness |
| Synonyms: | bed down, bunk, catch a wink, catch forty winks, catnap, conk out, cop some z's, crash*, doze, dream, drop off, drowse, fall asleep, fall out, flop, hibernate, hit the hay, hit the sack, languish, nap, nod, nod off, oversleep, relax, repose, rest, retire, sack out, saw wood, slumber, snooze, snore, take a nap, turn in, yawn, zonk out, zzz |
| Antonyms: | wake, waken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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