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Main Entry:	leaf
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	green foliage of plant
Synonyms:	blade, flag, leaflet, needle, pad, scale, stalk, bract, foliole, frond, petal, petiole, stipule
Notes:	a page is one side of a piece of paper; a leaf is the term for a piece of paper with two sides

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
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:	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, leave, opt out, pull out, quit, screw, stop, surrender, throw over*, vacate, walk out on, withdraw, yield, flake out, fly the coop, give up the ship, kiss goodbye, leg it, let go, run out on, ship out, storm out, take a powder, take a walk, wash hands of
Antonyms:	cherish, defend, keep, pursue, retain, support

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Main Entry:	abandon
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	leave in troubled state
Synonyms:	back out, desert, disown, forsake, jilt, leave, quit, reject, renounce, throw over*, walk out on, leave behind
Antonyms:	adopt, assert, favor, uphold

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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:	approval
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	authorization
Synonyms:	acquiescence, assent, blessing, compliance, concurrence, confirmation, consent, countenance, endorsement, go-ahead, green light, leave, license, mandate, okay, permission, ratification, recommendation, sanction, support, bells, the nod, validation
Antonyms:	disapproval, opposition, refusal, rejection

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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:	blessing
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	good wishes, approval
Synonyms:	approbation, backing, concurrence, consent, favor, leave, okay*, permission, regard, sanction, support, Godspeed, valediction
Antonyms:	condemnation, curse, damnation, disapproval, ill will

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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:	break out
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	escape
Synonyms:	abscond, bolt, depart, flee, leave, break loose, burst out, bust out, get free

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:	clearance
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	permission for activity
Synonyms:	approval, authorization, consent, endorsement, go-ahead, green light, leave, okay, sanction, say-so
Antonyms:	denial, refusal, veto, grounding