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Main Entry:	leave
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	permission
Synonyms:	allowance, assent, authorization, concession, consent, dispensation, freedom, go-ahead, green light, liberty, okay, permit, sanction, tolerance, sufferance
Notes:	let means to make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen, to allow; leave means to go away from a place
Antonyms:	limitation, prohibition, restriction

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Main Entry:	leave
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	depart, abandon physically
Synonyms:	abscond, beat it, break away, clear out, cut out, decamp, defect, desert, disappear, ditch, elope, embark, emigrate, escape, exit, flee, flit, fly, forsake, go, issue, migrate, move, part, pull out, push off, quit, relinquish, retire, sally, scram, split, start, step down, take off, vacate, vamoose, vanish, withdraw, come away, give the slip, go away, go forth, head out, move out, remove oneself, ride off, run along, say goodbye, set out, slip out, take a hike, take leave, walk out
Antonyms:	come, go

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Main Entry:	leave
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	holiday, time off
Synonyms:	adieu, departure, farewell, furlough, goodbye, leave of absence, liberty, parting, sabbatical, vacation, withdrawal, leave-taking, retirement
Antonyms:	workday

Main Entry:	leave
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	abandon, renounce
Synonyms:	back out, cease, cede, desert, desist, drop, drop out, evacuate, forbear, forsake, hand over, knock off, maroon, quit, refrain, relinquish, resign, stop, surrender, terminate, waive, yield, give notice, give up*
Antonyms:	continue, hold, keep

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Main Entry:	leave
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	forget, neglect
Synonyms:	allow, drop, have, let, mislay, omit, permit, suffer, lay down, leave behind, let be, let continue, let go, let stay
Antonyms:	care, maintain

Main Entry:	leave
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	give, especially after death
Synonyms:	allot, apportion, assign, bequeath, bequest, cede, commit, confide, consign, demise, devise, entrust, hand down, legate, refer, transmit, will, give over, leave behind
Antonyms:	hold

Main Entry:	abdicate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	give up a right, position, or power
Synonyms:	abandon, abjure, abnegate, bail out, cede, drop, forgo, leave, leave in the lurch, opt out, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, retire, sell out, step down, surrender, vacate, waive, withdraw, yield, bag it, demit, give up, leave high and dry, leave holding the bag, quitclaim
Antonyms:	assert, assume, challenge, claim, defend, defy, hold, maintain, remain, retain, treasure, usurp

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Main Entry:	abscond
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	run away, depart secretly
Synonyms:	beat it, bolt, break, clear out, decamp, disappear, escape, fade, flee, get, jump, leave, make off, pull out, quit, scram, skedaddle, slip, split, take off, vamoose, vanish, cut and run, dog it, duck out, fly the coop, go AWOL, go south, hightail, make a break, make scarce, run off, skip out, sneak away, steal away
Antonyms:	abide, continue, endure, remain, stay, stop, yield, give up

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Main Entry:	beat it
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	leave hastily
Synonyms:	leave, scram, skedaddle, vamoose, go away, hurry away, shoo

Main Entry:	bequeath
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	give in a will
Synonyms:	bestow, commit, devise, endow, entrust, grant, hand down, impart, leave, legate, transmit, will, hand on, leave to, pass on
Antonyms:	take

Main Entry:	break away
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	depart
Synonyms:	escape, flee, fly, leave, quit, split*, part company, run away

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Main Entry:	cede
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	abandon, surrender
Synonyms:	abdicate, accord, alien, alienate, allow, capitulate, communicate, concede, convey, deed, drop, fold, give in, grant, hand over*, leave, relinquish, renounce, resign, transfer, vouchsafe, waive, yield, abalienate, come across with, fork over, give up, make over, part with, remise, sign over, throw in the sponge, throw in the towel
Antonyms:	defend, fight, gain, guard, win, take over

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Main Entry:	consent
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	agreement; concession
Synonyms:	accord, acquiescence, allowance, approval, assent, authorization, blank check, blessing, carte blanche, compliance, concurrence, go-ahead, green light, leave, okay*, permission, permit, sanction, understanding, yes, right on, say so, stamp of approval, sufferance
Antonyms:	denial, difference, disagreement, disapproval, dissension, objection, opposition, protest, refusal

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Main Entry:	defect
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	break from belief, faith
Synonyms:	abandon, abscond, back out, break faith, depart, desert, forsake, go, go over, lapse, leave, pull out, quit, rat, rebel, reject, renege, renounce, revolt, run out, schism, sell out*, spurn, tergiversate, turn, walk out on, withdraw, apostatize, change sides, fall away from, go back on, go over the fence, take a walk, tergiverse, turn coat
Antonyms:	come in, join

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Main Entry:	desert
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	abandon, defect
Synonyms:	abscond, bail out, beach, betray, bolt, check out, chuck, cop out, decamp, depart, duck, escape, flee, fly, forsake, go, jilt, leave, leave in the lurch, light, maroon, opt out, pull out, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, split*, strand, take off, tergiversate, throw over, vacate, walk, apostatize, crawl out, give up, go AWOL, go back on, go over the hill, go west, leave high and dry, leave stranded, play truant, run out on, sneak off, take a hike, violate oath
Antonyms:	aid, assist, come back, help, stay, support

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Main Entry:	disappear
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	vanish; cease
Synonyms:	abandon, abscond, clear, decamp, depart, die, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, ebb, end, escape, evanesce, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, flee, fly, go, leave, melt, pass, pass away, perish, recede, retire, retreat, sink, vacate, vamoose*, wane, withdraw, be done for, be gone, be lost, be no more, be swallowed up, cease to exist, come to naught, dematerialize, die out, drop out of sight, end gradually, evanish, fade away, go south, leave no trace, melt away, take flight
Antonyms:	appear, arrive, come in

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Main Entry:	ditch
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	get rid of
Synonyms:	abandon, desert, discard, dispose of, drop, dump, eighty-six, forsake, jettison, junk, leave, reject, scrap, throw away, throw out, throw overboard
Antonyms:	pick up

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	drop out
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	stop doing an activity
Synonyms:	abandon, back out, cease, forsake, leave, quit, renege, retreat, withdraw, give notice, give up
Antonyms:	begin, carry out, engage, join

Main Entry:	dump
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	drop, throw away
Synonyms:	cast, chuck, clear out, deposit, discard, discharge, dispose of, ditch, drain, eject, empty, evacuate, expel, exude, fling, get rid of, jettison, junk, leave, scrap, throw out, tip, unload, unpack, deep-six, fling down, let fall, throw down, throw overboard
Antonyms:	hold, keep, maintain, save

Main Entry:	elope
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	run away to be married
Synonyms:	abscond, bolt, decamp, disappear, escape, flee, fly, leave, skip*, go secretly, go to Gretna Green, run off, slip away, slip out, steal away

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