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51give up — verb 1. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime (Freq. 9) you ve forfeited your right to name your successor forfeited property • Syn: ↑forfeit, ↑throw overboard, ↑waiv …
52Resign — Re*sign (r? z?n ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Resigned} ( z?nd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Resigning}.] [F. r[ e]signer, L. resignare to unseal, annul, assign, resign; pref. re re + signare to seal, stamp. See {Sign}, and cf. {Resignation}.] [1913 Webster] 1.… …
53Resigned — Resign Re*sign (r? z?n ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Resigned} ( z?nd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Resigning}.] [F. r[ e]signer, L. resignare to unseal, annul, assign, resign; pref. re re + signare to seal, stamp. See {Sign}, and cf. {Resignation}.] [1913… …
54Resigning — Resign Re*sign (r? z?n ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Resigned} ( z?nd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Resigning}.] [F. r[ e]signer, L. resignare to unseal, annul, assign, resign; pref. re re + signare to seal, stamp. See {Sign}, and cf. {Resignation}.] [1913… …
55release — re·lease 1 vt re·leased, re·leas·ing 1 a: to relieve or free from obligation, liability, or responsibility the debtor is released from all dischargeable debts b: to give up (a claim, title, or right) to the benefit of another person: surrender …
56waive — / wāv/ vt waived, waiv·ing [Anglo French waiver weiver, literally to abandon, forsake, from waif weif forlorn, stray, probably from Old Norse veif something loose or flapping] 1: to relinquish (as a right or privilege) voluntarily and… …
57abdicate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. relinquish, resign, renounce, abandon, quit, surrender. See relinquishment, resignation. Ant., retain, maintain. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. relinquish, give up, renounce, withdraw; see abandon 1 , resign …
58cede — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. yield, relinquish; grant, assign, transfer; surrender, hand over. See relinquish, submission. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. surrender, give up, yield, abdicate, *hand over, grant, relinquish,… …
59quit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. satisfy, requite; resign, abandon, relinquish, leave; cease, stop, desist. See payment, relinquishment, discontinuance, acquittal, resignation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To cease] Syn. stop, discontinue …
60surrender — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. capitulation, cession; relinquishment, abandonment, submission. v. capitulate, yield, give up; cede, renounce, relinquish. See resignation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. capitulation, yielding, giving up,… …
