Antonyms for leaving
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : lee-ving |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈli vɪŋ |
Definition of leaving
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 remains
- verb depart, abandon physically
- verb abandon, renounce
- verb forget, neglect
- verb give, especially after death
- I wish we might have talked more—I'm sure—when are you leaving?
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Mr. Bines is my husband, Mtterchen, and we're leaving for the West in the morning.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Leaving the two to pursue their voyage home, we return to Captain Haley.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- This is the first good spring since leaving the settled districts.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- The natives had made off when they saw us, leaving their game cooking.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Light seemed to be vanishing from the universe, leaving them alone with the sea.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- I blamed him for leaving him, and ordered him to find him forthwith on foot.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- Hardy was leaving just at the same time, and so they went out together.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- Cornelius, leaving his mother, took refuge with his anger in his own room.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- The next day after leaving Salisbury we arrived at Mr. Dansley's.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
Synonyms for leaving
- abscond
- allot
- allow
- apportion
- assign
- back out
- balance
- beat it
- bequeath
- bequest
- break away
- cease
- cede
- clear out
- come away
- commit
- confide
- consign
- cut out
- debris
- decamp
- defect
- demise
- desert
- desist
- devise
- disappear
- ditch
- drop
- drop out
- elope
- embark
- emigrate
- entrust
- escape
- evacuate
- exit
- flee
- flit
- fly
- forbear
- forsake
- give notice
- give over
- give the slip
- give up
- go
- go away
- go forth
- hand down
- hand over
- have
- head out
- issue
- knock off
- lay down
- leave behind
- leftovers
- legacy
- legate
- let
- let be
- let continue
- let go
- let stay
- maroon
- migrate
- mislay
- move
- move out
- oddments
- odds and ends
- omit
- orts
- part
- permit
- pull out
- push off
- quit
- refer
- refrain
- relinquish
- remainder
- remnant
- remnants
- remove oneself
- residue
- resign
- rest
- retire
- ride off
- run along
- sally
- say goodbye
- scram
- scraps
- set out
- slip out
- split
- start
- step down
- stop
- suffer
- surplus
- surrender
- survivor
- take a hike
- take leave
- take off
- terminate
- transmit
- trash
- vacate
- vamoose
- vanish
- waive
- walk out
- will
- withdraw
- yield
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