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giving up

verb as in giving in

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On Tuesday, Brown tweeted that her doctors were giving up, and that needed prayers.

The reduction in the unemployment levels is largely due to part time jobs and more people simply giving up looking for jobs.

None of that has convinced President Vladimir Putin to reverse course in Ukraine or consider giving up Crimea.

In the past, the international community has enticed the Kim regime to negotiate by giving up-front concessions.

In her memoir, Giving Up the Ghost, Mantel writes of her own childhood encounters with the paranormal.

Here am I, giving up circuit—such a thing as never was heard of—calling him friend still, and losing my rest at night for him!

And a man might accept all I say about religion without giving up any hope his faith may bid him hold as to a future life.

Mr. Chittenden visited them, and, though charmed by the beauty of the daughter, he had no thoughts of giving up his bachelor life.

The truth is, in giving up the idea of guardian angels and similar beliefs we have given up some of the greatest comforts in life.

She had submitted to giving up the salmon, but the devil himself should not cheat her out of her dessert.

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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to giving up, such as: crying uncle, surrendering, and throwing in the towel.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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