fág — meaning in English

English meaning

• abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
• exit noun A way out of a place, such as a door or a passage.
• leave verb To go away from a place or person.

Senses

fág is used for these senses in English:

• 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)]
• exit (intransitive) To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.
• leave (transitive) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.
• leave (transitive) To transfer possession of after death.

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".

exit — full definition

1. noun A way out of a place, such as a door or a passage.
2. noun A slip road that leaves a motorway or major road.
3. verb To leave or go out of a place.

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