give up

Verb	1.	give up - lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime Synonyms: forfeit, throw overboard, waive, forgo
	2.	give 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" Synonyms: abandon
	3.	give up - give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" Synonyms: chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, throw in the towel, throw in, quit
	4.	give up - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" Synonyms: cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop
	5.	give up - give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey" Synonyms: dispense with, part with, spare
	6.	give up - part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" Synonyms: relinquish, resign, release, free
	7.	give up - leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" Synonyms: resign, vacate, renounce
	8.	give up - relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" Synonyms: cede, surrender, deliver
	9.	give up - give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered" Synonyms: surrender
	10.	give up - stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some calims in these negociations" Synonyms: abandon
	11.	give up - allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run" Synonyms: allow
	12.	give up - refrain from consuming; "You will have to forgo alcohol" Synonyms: forgo

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