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| Main Entry: | secede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pull away; split from |
| Synonyms: | abdicate, break with, leave, quit, resign, retire, retract, retreat, separate, withdraw, apostatize, disaffiliate |
| Antonyms: | combine, come in, join, unite |
| Main Entry: | rebel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refuse to obey |
| Synonyms: | boycott, break with*, censure, combat, criticize, defy, denounce, disobey, dissent, drop out*, fight, mutiny, oppose, opt out, overthrow, overturn, remonstrate, renounce, resist, revolt, riot, rock the boat*, secede, strike, upset, be insubordinate, come out against, get out of line, insurrect, make waves, rise up, run amok, take up arms, turn against |
| Notes: | to revolt is to refuse to obey the constraints imposed by another; to rebel is to attempt to replace those constraints by a set of one's own |
| Antonyms: | agree, comply, obey |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up responsibility |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, bail out, bow out, capitulate, cede, drop, drop out, fold, forgo, forsake, hand over, leave, quit, relinquish, renounce, retire, secede, step down, surrender, terminate, turn over, vacate, waive, yield, cease work, demit, divorce oneself from, end service, give notice, give up the ship, hand in resignation, hang it up, separate oneself from, sign off, stand aside, stand down, throw in the towel, walk out, wash hands of |
| Antonyms: | agree, take on |
| Main Entry: | retire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave a place or responsibility |
| Synonyms: | absent oneself, decamp, deny oneself, depart, draw back, ebb, exit, fall back, get away, get off, give ground, give up work, give way, go, go away, go to bed, go to one's room, go to sleep, hand over, hit the sack, leave service, make vacant, part, pull back, pull out, recede, regress, relinquish, remove, repeal, rescind, resign, retreat, revoke, run along, rusticate, secede, seclude oneself, separate, sever connections, stop working, surrender, take off, turn in, withdraw, yield |
| Antonyms: | begin, enter, join |
| Main Entry: | depart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave, retreat |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, absent, beat it*, blast off*, cut out*, decamp, desert, disappear, emigrate, escape, evacuate, exit, go, hit the road*, migrate, part, perish, pull out, quit, remove, retire, sally forth*, scram*, secede, shove off*, split*, start, tergiversate, troop*, vacate, vanish, withdraw, cut and run, get away, git, go away, go forth, hit the bricks, hit the trail, make a break, march out, move on, move out, say goodbye, set forth, slip away*, start out, take leave |
| Antonyms: | arrive, come, enter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | withdraw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove something or someone from situation |
| Synonyms: | abjure, back out, bail out, blow, book, bow out, check out, depart, detach, disengage, draw back, drop out, eliminate, exit, extract, fall back, get off, go, leave, phase out, pull out, quail, quit, recede, recoil, retire, retreat, secede, shrink, switch, take off, vacate, absent oneself, draw away, ease out, exfiltrate, get away, get lost, give ground, give way, keep aloof, keep apart, make oneself scarce, pull back, run along, seclude oneself, take a hike, take away, take leave, take out |
| Antonyms: | remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | quit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop doing something |
| Synonyms: | abandon, break off, cease, conclude, desist, discontinue, drop, end, halt, knock off*, leave, leave off*, resign, retire, secede, surcease, suspend, terminate, wind up*, withdraw, wrap up*, call it a day, call it quits, cut it out, get on the wagon, give notice, give over*, give up, hang it up, kick over, kick the habit, pack in, quit cold, sew up, take the cure |
| Antonyms: | complete, continue, do, finish, persevere |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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