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(transitive, obsolete) To draw; to conduct away; to take away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part; to move a limb out away from the center of the body; abduct.
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(reflexive) To clear oneself.
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(human resources) One who attrits; one who quits
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(transitive, obsolete) To yield up.
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Synonym of Great Resignation
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(transitive, obsolete) To draw up in chapters; to enumerate.
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(law, chiefly attributive) A demand that one stop and not resume continuing a certain behavior, such as copyright infringement, trademark infringement, slander, or libel.
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(military) To withdraw from a military confrontation; to yield control of a battlefield to one's opponent.
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One who cedes something.
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(obsolete, law) To cease; to neglect.
n
(formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
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(law) termination or cessation.
n
Alternative form of comeuppance [Retribution or outcome that is justly deserved.]
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(transitive, obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
n
An act or instance of deferring or putting off.
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(transitive, obsolete, law) To give.
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(military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving
n
(obsolete) permission to depart; a dismissing
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(obsolete, transitive) To prohibit, debar (someone from doing something).
n
(figuratively) Any clause, term or condition in a contract or statute that avoids the application of a provision
n
(law) A provision in a legal document or lease allowing a signatory or lessee to terminate the contract legally and usually without penalty under certain circumstances.
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(transitive) To grant a furlough to (someone).
v
(slang) To be going on, to be occurring; Only used in what gives?
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(transitive, now rare) To give up, hand over, surrender (something).
v
(intransitive) To admit defeat, capitulate
v
(Philippines) To recuse.
n
The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly:
v
(transitive) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.
v
(obsolete, rare) To relinquish; to give up.
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(obsolete) To place after in order; to deem less important.
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(transitive, now rare) To defer.
v
Obsolete form of quit. [(transitive, archaic) To pay (a debt, fine etc.).]
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(transitive, archaic) To pay (a debt, fine etc.).
n
(childish) Permission to leave a game (of marbles, etc.) without forfeit or penalty.
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(transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something. To trade away.
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(transitive, obsolete) To give up; omit; cease doing.
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(transitive) To give up; to relinquish ownership of.
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To give up, stop resisting and come to accept.
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(transitive, sometimes reflexive) To withdraw; to take away.
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Obsolete form of retreat. [The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.]
n
(specifically) An act of terminating the employment of a worker or making an employee redundant, often to reduce expenses; a layoff.
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(transitive) To take or carry away; to remove.
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(obsolete) To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.
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(intransitive) To give up, or give in.
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(reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
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Actions of subtraction or subtracting exercises.
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(transitive, intransitive) To terminate one's employment
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(transitive, euphemistic) To end the employment contract of an employee; to fire, lay off.
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To abandon the political party to which political office is owed, as United States President John Tyler did during his term of office (1841-45), to defect to another party or political position while in office, to commit political apostasy.
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(transitive, law) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
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To free oneself from a debt such as a mortgage by abandoning the collateral to the lender. To make a strategic default.
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(derogatory, sometimes offensive) To go back on one's word.
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