leave synonyms

leave

n.

  1. Permission

    consent, dispensation, allowance; see permission.

  2. Authorized absence

    leave of absence, holiday, furlough, sabbatical; see vacation.

beg leave

ask permission, request, inquire; see ask 1.

by your leave

with your permission, if your permission is granted, if you please; see please.

on leave

away, gone, on vacation; see absent 1.

take leave of

say good-by (to), bid farewell, leave alone; see leave (v.) 1.

take one's leave

go away, depart, remove oneself; see leave (v.) 1.

leave

v.

  1. To go away

    go, depart, take leave, withdraw, move, set out, come away, go forth, take off, start, remove oneself, step down, quit (a place), part, part company, defect, vanish, elope, retire, walk out, walk off, get out, get off, get away, slip away, break away, break out, ride off, go off, go away, move out, move away, vacate, issue, decamp, abscond, flee, get out, flit, migrate, fly, run along, embark, emplane, sally forth, say good-by, entrain, emigrate, clear out, pull out, cut out*, push off*, cast off*, scram*, split*, blow*, head out*, ditch*, give the slip*, vamoose*, sign out*, check out*, beat it*, take a powder*, take to the tall timber*, get rolling*, fade away*, pull up stakes*, get along*, make oneself scarce*, break squares with*, bid a long farewell*; see also disappear, resign 2, retreat 1, 2.

    Antonyms arrive*, get to*, reach. *

  2. To abandon

    back out, forsake, desert; see abandon 2.

  3. To allow to remain

    let be, let stay, leave behind, let continue, let go, drop, lay down, omit, forget; see also neglect 1, 2.

    Antonyms seize*, take away*, keep. *

  4. To allow to fall to another

    bequeath, will, devise, leave behind, bequest, hand down, transmit; see also give 1.

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