Antonyms for leave
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : leev |
| Phonetic Transcription : liv |
- arrive
- begin
- care
- come
- come in
- complete
- continue
- denial
- difference
- disagreement
- disallow
- disapproval
- do
- face
- finish
- go
- greeting
- hello
- help
- hold
- imprisonment
- incarceration
- initiate
- join
- keep
- keep on
- limitation
- maintain
- prohibition
- protest
- receive
- refusal
- refuse
- reject
- remain
- restraint
- restriction
- retain
- start
- stay
- stop
- take
- veto
- withhold
- workday
Definition of leave
Origin :- Old English læfan "to let remain; remain; have left; bequeath," from Proto-Germanic *laibijan (cf. Old Frisian leva "to leave," Old Saxon farlebid "left over"), causative of *liban "remain," (cf. Old English belifan, German bleiben, Gothic bileiban "to remain"), from root *laf- "remnant, what remains," from PIE *leip- "to stick, adhere;" also "fat."
- The Germanic root has only the sense "remain, continue," which also is in Greek lipares "persevering, importunate." But this usually is regarded as a development from the primary PIE sense of "adhere, be sticky" (cf. Lithuanian lipti, Old Church Slavonic lipet "to adhere," Greek lipos "grease," Sanskrit rip-/lip- "to smear, adhere to." Seemingly contradictory meaning of "depart" (early 13c.) comes from notion of "to leave behind" (as in to leave the earth "to die;" to leave the field "retreat").
- noun permission
- noun holiday, time off
- verb depart, abandon physically
- verb abandon, renounce
- verb forget, neglect
- verb give, especially after death
- They administer stinging rebukes that leave the adversary writhing.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Then go down and leave it where you found it, and I will let you come up.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- But nevertheless he could not leave it behind since it was for this he had incurred his present peril.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Your brother was foolish enough to leave his boat in Rushton's care.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Halbert thought it was time to be going, and accordingly got up and took his leave.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- If you will leave the matter in my hands, I will call upon him to-night, and see what I can do.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- And six weeks after that I had things in shape so't I was able to leave.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He was married, but constantly said he was about to leave his wife, so she would divorce him.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He must be a cursed scoundrel to leave that poor lad there to die!
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- After the boats were crowded, they would hold on to them so that they could not leave the shore.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
Synonyms for leave
- abscond
- adieu
- allot
- allow
- allowance
- apportion
- assent
- assign
- authorization
- back out
- beat it
- bequeath
- bequest
- break away
- cease
- cede
- clear out
- come away
- commit
- concession
- confide
- consent
- consign
- cut out
- decamp
- defect
- demise
- departure
- desert
- desist
- devise
- disappear
- dispensation
- ditch
- drop
- drop out
- elope
- embark
- emigrate
- entrust
- escape
- evacuate
- exit
- farewell
- flee
- flit
- fly
- forbear
- forsake
- freedom
- furlough
- give notice
- give over
- give the slip
- give up
- go
- go away
- go forth
- go-ahead
- goodbye
- green light
- hand down
- hand over
- have
- head out
- issue
- knock off
- lay down
- leave behind
- leave of absence
- leave-taking
- legate
- let
- let be
- let continue
- let go
- let stay
- liberty
- maroon
- migrate
- mislay
- move
- move out
- okay
- omit
- part
- parting
- permit
- pull out
- push off
- quit
- refer
- refrain
- relinquish
- remove oneself
- resign
- retire
- retirement
- ride off
- run along
- sabbatical
- sally
- sanction
- say goodbye
- scram
- set out
- slip out
- split
- start
- step down
- stop
- suffer
- sufferance
- surrender
- take a hike
- take leave
- take off
- terminate
- tolerance
- transmit
- vacate
- vacation
- vamoose
- vanish
- waive
- walk out
- will
- withdraw
- withdrawal
- yield
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