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depart v.
go v.
leave v.
part v.
separate v.
withdraw v.

VERB

depart

Synonyms

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abandon blast off disappear escape evacuate exit go pull out quit remove retire vacate withdraw

STRONG

abdicate absent decamp desert emigrate migrate part perish scram secede split start tergiversate troop vanish

WEAK

beat it cut and run cut out get away git go away go forth hit the bricks hit the road hit the trail make a break march out move on move out sally forth say goodbye set forth shove off slip away start out

Antonyms

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arrive come in continue enter fill occupy persevere remain stay

STRONG

combine come join

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keep to linger wait

VERB

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flee fly leave move pass progress retire travel

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abscond approach cruise decamp depart escape exit fare hie hightail journey lam mosey near quit repair split vamoose wend withdraw

WEAK

beat it bug out get away get going get lost get off hit the road light out make a break for it make for make one's way move out pull out push off push on run along run away set off shove off skip out take a hike take a powder take flight take off

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remain stay stop

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arrive wait

VERB

leave

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disappear escape flee fly go move quit retire start take off withdraw

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abscond decamp defect desert ditch elope embark emigrate exit flit forsake issue migrate part relinquish sally scram slip slip away split vacate vamoose vanish

WEAK

beat it break away clear out come away cut out give the slip go away go forth head out move out pull out push off remove oneself ride off run along say goodbye set out slip out step down take a hike walk out

Antonyms

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arrive come complete face finish remain stay stop

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come in hold join keep

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care continue maintain

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part

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pull out separate

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break depart go quit split withdraw

WEAK

break off break up clear out cut and run dedomicile ease out go separate ways hit the road leave flat part company push off quit the scene say goodbye ship out shove off split up take a hike take off walk out on

Antonyms

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allow come continue join remain stay wait

WEAK

arrive connect

VERB

separate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

break up divorce estrange leave part company split

STRONG

bifurcate depart detach discontinue disengage disunify disunite diverge drop part uncouple

WEAK

break it off break off dedomicile go away go different ways go separate ways pull out split up unlink untie the knot

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marry

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come connect engage join link

WEAK

combine unite

VERB

withdraw

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depart disengage drop out eliminate go leave pull back pull out quit retire retreat

STRONG

abjure blow book detach exit extract quail recede recoil secede shrink switch vacate

WEAK

absent oneself back out bail out bow out check out draw away draw back ease out exfiltrate fall back get away get lost get off give ground give way keep aloof keep apart make oneself scarce phase out run along seclude oneself take a hike take away take off take out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

begin come continue engage enter join keep persevere stay

STRONG

arrive combine come in face meet unite

WEAK

advance allow permit remain

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take leave

Since April 2025, some parents can receive more support for the first 28 days if both parents take leave.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Case in point: Chad Jones, an economist focused on the risks and opportunities of AI, announced Tuesday that he would take leave from Stanford to continue his research at Anthropic.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Leavitt, who is pregnant, is set to take leave beginning in May.

From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2026

The text exchanges contain nothing remotely illegal or related to Epstein’s crimes yet are cringeworthy enough as to have forced Mr. Summers to take leave from teaching duties at Harvard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

“No, no—let us be gone,” was the anxious reply; and without waiting to take leave of Mr. Rochester, they made their exit at the hall door.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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