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luovuttaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
  • abnegate verb To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience).
  • assign verb To give a specific task, role, or place to someone.
  • bequeath verb To leave property or money to someone through a will.
  • capitulate verb To stop resisting and agree to the other side's terms; to surrender.
  • cede verb To formally give up land, rights, or power to someone else.
  • commit verb To carry out a crime, mistake, or wrongdoing.
  • concede verb To admit, often reluctantly, that something is true.
  • convey verb To communicate an idea, feeling, or message.
  • deliver verb To bring or take something to its intended destination.
  • extradite verb To hand over a person accused or convicted of a crime to another country or jurisdiction for trial or punishment.
  • give up phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
  • hand noun The part of the body at the end of the arm, used for grasping and manipulating objects.
  • quit verb To resign from a job or position.
  • recommend verb To suggest that someone or something is good or suitable, often based on personal experience.
  • relinquish verb To give up or hand over a right, position, or possession, often reluctantly.
  • render verb To cause something to become a certain way.
  • renounce verb To formally give up a right, title, or claim.
  • resign verb To formally give up a job or position.
  • retire verb To leave one's job permanently, usually after reaching a certain age.
  • submit verb To send in a piece of work, application, or request for review or approval.
  • subscribe verb To sign up to regularly receive a publication or service, often for a fee.
  • surrender verb To stop fighting or resisting and give oneself up to an opponent.

Senses

luovuttaa is used for these senses in English:

  • abandon (transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
  • abandon (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
  • abandon (transitive) To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
  • abnegate (transitive) To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience). [First attested in the early 17th century.]
  • assign (transitive, legal) To transfer (property, a legal right, etc.) from one person to another.
  • bequeath To hand down; to transmit.
  • bequeath To give; to offer; to commit.
  • call it a day (idiomatic) To retire.

abandon — full definition

  1. verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
  2. verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
  3. noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".

abnegate — full definition

  1. verb To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience).
  2. verb To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure.

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