All leave synonyms
leave
L l verb leave
- apportion β When you apportion something such as blame, you decide how much of it different people deserve or should be given.
- legate β an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
- devise β If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.
- confide β If you confide in someone, you tell them a secret.
- will β Wallace, 1875β1959, U.S. journalist and humorist.
- transmit β to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- bequeath β If you bequeath your money or property to someone, you legally state that they should have it when you die.
- allot β If something is allotted to someone, it is given to them as their share.
- consign β To consign something or someone to a place where they will be forgotten about, or to an unpleasant situation or place, means to put them there.
- commit β If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
- refer β to direct for information or anything required: He referred me to books on astrology.
- bequest β A bequest is money or property which you legally leave to someone when you die.
- assign β If you assign a piece of work to someone, you give them the work to do.
- demise β The demise of something or someone is their end or death.
noun leave
- residue β something that remains after a part is removed, disposed of, or used; remainder; rest; remnant.
- balance β If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.
- legacy β legacy system
- surplus β something that remains above what is used or needed.
- rest β a support for a lance; lance rest.
- remnant β a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- debris β Debris is pieces from something that has been destroyed or pieces of rubbish or unwanted material that are spread around.
- trash β anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- remainder β something that remains or is left: the remainder of the day.
- survivor β a person or thing that survives.
- oddments β an odd article, bit, remnant, or the like.
- remnants β a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- permission β authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
- consent β If you give your consent to something, you give someone permission to do it.
- leave of absence β permission to be absent from duty, employment, service, etc.; leave.
- authority β The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
- authorization β an authorizing or being authorized
- dispensation β an act or instance of dispensing; distribution.
- allowance β An allowance is money that is given to someone, usually on a regular basis, in order to help them pay for the things that they need.
- assent β If someone gives their assent to something that has been suggested, they formally agree to it.
- concession β If you make a concession to someone, you agree to let them do or have something, especially in order to end an argument or conflict.
- freedom β the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
- go-ahead β permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
- liberty β freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
- okay β to put one's endorsement on or indicate one's approval of (a request, piece of copy, bank check, etc.); authorize; initial: Would you OK my application?
- sanction β authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sufferance β passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
- tolerance β a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
- holiday β Billie ("Lady Day") 1915β59, U.S. jazz singer.
- time off β holiday, vacation from work
- furlough β Military. a vacation or leave of absence granted to an enlisted person.
- retirement β the act of retiring, withdrawing, or leaving; the state of being retired.
- sabbatical β of or pertaining or appropriate to the Sabbath.
- vacation β a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- adieu β Adieu means the same as goodbye.
- departure β Departure or a departure is the act of going away from somewhere.