giving up

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giving up

She is giving up on the difficult puzzle.

Definition

Noun: 1. The act of forsaking; abandonment: The act of relinquishing, surrendering, or renouncing something or someone. 2. A verbal act of admitting defeat; surrender: The act of declaring that one is beaten or cannot continue.

Usage

This noun describes the specific action or instance of surrendering or abandoning a pursuit, habit, or person. It is often used in contexts involving personal struggles, competitions, or addictions.

Examples
  • Act of forsaking:
    • His giving up of smoking was a major achievement for his health.
    • The giving up of their ancestral home was a painful decision for the family.
  • Act of admitting defeat:
    • After hours of trying to solve the puzzle, her giving up was met with understanding.
    • The team's giving up in the final minutes surprised the coach.
Advanced Usage
  • "A giving up of the ghost": An idiomatic and somewhat archaic/literary phrase meaning to die or cease functioning.
    • The old machine finally made a giving up of the ghost.
Variants and Related Words
  • Give up (phrasal verb): To stop doing or having something; to surrender.
    • You should give up unhealthy habits.
  • Giver-up (noun, rare): One who gives something up.
Synonyms
  • Abandonment: The act of leaving something or someone permanently.
  • Surrender: The action of yielding or ceasing resistance.
  • Renunciation: The formal rejection of something.
  • Relinquishment: The voluntary release of something.
Related Phrasal Verbs (from the base verb "give")
  • Give up on: To lose faith in or stop hoping for someone or something.
    • He refused to give up on his dream.
  • Give up to: To devote or surrender oneself to something (e.g., an emotion or activity).
    • She gave herself up to despair.
Related Idioms
  • "Don't give up the day job": A humorous way to tell someone they are not very good at a secondary activity and should stick to their primary profession.
    • After hearing him sing, I told him not to give up the day job.
  • "Give up as a bad job": To stop trying to do something because it seems impossible or not worth the effort.
    • I tried to fix the old radio but eventually gave it up as a bad job.
giving up

She is giving up on the difficult puzzle.

Noun
  1. the act of forsaking
  2. a verbal act of admitting defeat

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