

Take leave, start, go away, start out, diverge, foreswear, resign, throw in, part, vary, stop, fall by the wayside, lay off, throw in the towel, give up, go, depart, set off, leave office, sidetrack, digress, relinquish, take off, cease, chuck up the sponge, renounce, leave, discontinue, drop out, step down, set forth, drop by the wayside, deviate, pull up stakes, straggle, set outįoreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish verbĭrop by the wayside, discontinue, foreswear, throw in, disown, chuck up the sponge, leave office, fall by the wayside, cease, vacate, let go of, lay off, dispense with, drop out, step down, take leave, renounce, forego, give up, waive, let go, release, resign, forgo, depart, free, relinquish, stop, throw in the towel, abdicate, repudiateĭrop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge verb
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"The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month" "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"ĭrop by the wayside, submit, foreswear, de-escalate, chuck up the sponge, leave office, fall by the wayside, throw in, vacate, lay off, discontinue, drop out, step down, take leave, renounce, weaken, give up, release, resign, cease, depart, relinquish, stop, reconcile, throw in the towel, free Leave office, quit, step down, resign verb

Spare, leave office, allow, block up, abandon, drop by the wayside, forfeit, vacate, halt, release, resign, forgo, block off, hold back, end, kick, throw in, finish, block, surrender, part with, fall by the wayside, lay off, cede, turn back, waive, throw overboard, stop over, break off, break, throw in the towel, step down, give up, depart, stop, relinquish, blockade, hold on, deliver, arrest, bar, cease, barricade, renounce, take leave, discontinue, contain, drop out, free, chuck up the sponge, kibosh, intercept, terminate, furlough, forego, dispense with, foreswear, check

Princeton's WordNet (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate these synonyms:ĭiscontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off verb abdicated his throne by deserting it.Ībandon, abdicate, abjure, cast off, cease, cede, depart from, desert, discontinue, forego, forsake, forswear, give up, leave, recant, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, retire from, retract, surrender, vacate, withdraw fromĪdopt, advocate, assert, cherish, claim, court, defend, favor, haunt, hold, keep, maintain, occupy, prosecute, protect, pursue, retain, seek, support, undertake, uphold, vindicate Forsake, like abandon, may be used either in the favorable or unfavorable sense desert is always unfavorable, involving a breach of duty, except when used of mere localities as, "the Deserted Village." While a monarch abdicates, a president or other elected or appointed officer resigns. Abandon is applied to both good and evil action a thief abandons his designs, a man his principles.

Abandon implies previous association with responsibility for or control of forsake implies previous association with inclination or attachment, real or assumed a man may abandon or forsake house or friends he abandons an enterprise forsakes God. Relinquish commonly implies reluctance the fainting hand relinquishes its grasp the creditor relinquishes his claim. We quit business, give up property, resign office, abandon a habit or a trust. A cowardly officer deserts his ship the helpless passengers abandon it. The king abdicates his throne, cedes his territory, deserts his followers, renounces his religion, relinquishes his titles, abandons his designs. Quit carries an idea of suddenness or abruptness not necessarily implied in abandon, and may not have the same suggestion of finality. Abandon is a word of wide signification, applying to persons or things of any kind abdicate and resign apply to office, authority, or power cede to territorial possessions surrender especially to military force, and more generally to any demand, claim, passion, etc.
