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81get — 1 Get, obtain, procure, secure, acquire, gain, win are comparable and often interchangeable when they mean to come into possession of. Get is very general in its meaning and simple and familiar in its use. Thus, one may get something by fetching… …
82leave — vb 1 *will, bequeath, devise, legate Analogous words: *commit, entrust, confide, consign: assign, *allot, apportion 2 *relinquish, resign, surrender, abandon, yield, cede, waive Analogous words: forsake, * …
83relinquish — relinquish, yield, leave, resign, surrender, cede, abandon, waive are comparable when they mean to let go from one s control or possession or to give up completely. Relinquish in itself seldom carries any added implication, but it often acquires… …
84renounce — 1 *abdicate, resign Analogous words: sacrifice, abnegate, *forgo, forbear, eschew Antonyms: arrogate: covet (sense 2) Contrasted words: usurp, preempt, appropriate (see ARROGATE) 2 *abjure, forswear, recant, retract …
85resign — 1 yield, surrender, leave, abandon, *relinquish, cede, waive Analogous words: *forgo, eschew, sacrifice, forbear, abnegate: *abjure, renounce, forswear 2 *abdicate, renounce …
86sacrifice — vb abnegate, forbear, *forgo, eschew Analogous words: renounce, *abdicate: surrender, yield, resign, *relinquish …
87yield — vb 1 produce, turn out, *bear Analogous words: *generate, engender, breed, propagate: create, *invent: form, shape, *make, fabricate, fashion 2 *relinqui …
88abandon — I v 1. forsake, desert, leave behind, throw over, jilt, run out on, Inf. leave flat, turn one s back on, Sl. give the deep six; ignore, cut off, neglect, ostracize; leave, depart, quit, go away from, vacate, evacuate. 2. discard, cast off,… …
89abdicate — v 1. resign, renounce, give up claim or right to, Law. disclaim, lay down, part with, retire from, vacate, abnegate, Chiefly Scot. demit; relinquish, let go, deliver up, hand over, turn over; surrender, yield, cede, give way. 2. abandon, forsake …
90abrogate — v 1. abolish, repeal, revoke, reverse, rescind; annul, disannul, nullify, declare null and void, render null and void, void, avoid; quash, invalidate, vitiate, vacate, disenact, disestablish; cancel, discharge; supersede, set aside, discontinue,… …
