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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
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:	come, go

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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

* = informal/non-formal usage

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:	desertion
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	abandonment
Synonyms:	abrogation, avoidance, betrayal, departure, derelict, dereliction, disaffection, divorce, escape, evasion, flight, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, resignation, retreat, secession, treachery, withdrawal, absconding, apostasy, backsliding, castoff, defecting, departing, disavowal, disavowing, elusion, falling away, falseness, forsaking, going back on, leaving, marooning, perfidy, recreancy, relinquishment, retirement, running out on, tergiversation, truancy
Antonyms:	aid, assistance, help, staying

Main Entry:	estrangement
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	destruction of affections
Synonyms:	alienation, breach, disaffection, division, divorce, hostility, leave, parting, removal, schism, separation, split, withdrawal, withholding, antagonization, break-up, disassociation, disunity, leaving
Antonyms:	connection, marriage, union

Main Entry:	emigration
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	migration
Synonyms:	colonization, crossing, defection, departure, exile, exodus, journey, march, movement, moving, peregrination, removal, shift, travel, trek, voyage, wandering, displacement, expatriation, homesteading, leaving, reestablishment, relocation, resettlement, settling, transplanting, uprooting
Antonyms:	remaining, arriving, immigration

Main Entry:	resignation
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	relinquishment of responsibility
Synonyms:	departure, giving up, notice, renunciation, surrender, termination, withdrawal, abandonment, abdication, leaving, quitting, retirement, tendering, vacating
Antonyms:	agreement, taking on

Main Entry:	scrap
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	tiny bit of something
Synonyms:	atom, bite, butt, chip, chunk, crumb, cutting, discard, end, fragment, glob, grain, hunk, iota, jot, junk, leftover, lump, mite, modicum, morsel, mouthful, odds and ends, part, particle, piece, portion, remains, shred, slice, sliver, snatch, snippet, speck, stump, trace, waste, bits and pieces, castoff, gob, leaving, orts, smithereen
Antonyms:	load, lot

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	start
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	beginning
Synonyms:	alpha, birth, bow, commencement, countdown, dawn, derivation, exit, flying start, foundation, inauguration, inception, initiation, kickoff, onset, opening, origin, outset, source, spring, square one, takeoff, dawning, day one, embarkation, first step, jump-off, leaving, running start, setting out, start-off
Antonyms:	completion, conclusion, death, end, ending, finish, stop

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	excretion
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	the act of excreting
Synonyms:	defecation, discharge, ejection, elimination, evacuation, expulsion, perspiration, secretion, discharging, ejecting, expelling, exudation, leaving, sweating, urination, voiding
Antonyms:	accretion, eating, receiving

Main Entry:	end
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	leftover part
Synonyms:	bit, dregs, fragment, lees, particle, piece, portion, remainder, remnant, residue, scrap, share, side, stub, butt end, leaving, tag end

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

* = informal/non-formal usage

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

* = informal/non-formal usage

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

* = informal/non-formal usage

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

* = informal/non-formal usage

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