give up

Verb

• stop consuming
  • kick a habit
    
  • give up alcohol
    

• allow the other (baseball) team to score
  • give up a run
    

• stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
  • He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage
    
  • Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations
    

• give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
  • The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered
    

• relinquish possession or control over
  • The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in
    

• leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
  • She vacated the position when she got pregnant
    
  • The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
    

• part with a possession or right
  • I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
    
  • resign a claim to the throne
    

• give up what is not strictly needed
  • he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey
    

• put an end to a state or an activity
  • Quit teasing your little brother
    

• give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
  • In the second round, the challenger gave up
    

• give up with the intent of never claiming again
  • Abandon your life to God
    
  • She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti
    
  • We gave the drowning victim up for dead
    

• lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
  • you've forfeited your right to name your successor
    
  • forfeited property
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  kick , allow , abandon , surrender , cede , deliver , vacate , resign , renounce , release , relinquish , free , spare , part with , dispense with , discontinue , stop , cease , quit , lay off , drop out , fall by the wayside , drop by the wayside , throw in , throw in the towel , chuck up the sponge , for
• Antonyms: 
  resist , hold out , withstand , stand firm , continue , uphold , carry on , bear on , preserve , enter , participate , claim , lay claim , arrogate