Thesaurus
leave
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of LEAVE
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to cause to remain behind <you can leave your lunch in the refrigerator while we're outside> <starry-eyed lovers who promise never to leave one another>
Related Words discard, ditch, dump, fling, jettison, junk, scrap, shed, shuck (off), throw away, throw out; deliver, give up, hand over, relinquish, surrender, yield; escape, retreat (from), take off (from), vacate, withdraw (from); abjure, cut off, disown, reject, renounce, repudiate, separate (from); sacrifice; distance; disregard, forget, ignore, neglect
Phrases walk away from, walk out on
Near Antonyms harbor, have, hold, keep, own, possess, reserve, retain, withhold; redeem, rescue, save
Antonyms reclaim
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to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another <why don't you leave your watch with me while you swim?>
Synonyms commend, commit, confide, consign, delegate, deliver, entrust (also intrust), give over, hand, hand over, leave, pass, recommend, repose, transfer, transmit, trust, turn over, vest
Related Words confer, grant; assign, deal (out), dispense, disperse, distribute, divide; hand in, release, relinquish, submit, surrender, turn in, yield; bequeath, hand down, hand on, will; advance, lend, loan; furnish, supply; recommit, redeliver, regive, retransfer, retransmit
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to give permission to <aw, leave him come>
Related Words authorize, commission, empower, license (also licence); approve, endorse (also indorse), sanction; free, liberate, release; cater (to), give in (to), humor, indulge
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