покида́ть — meaning in English
pokidat
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English meaning
- abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- forsake verb To abandon or give up someone or something, often permanently.
- leave verb To go away from a place or person.
- relinquish verb To give up or hand over a right, position, or possession, often reluctantly.
Senses
покида́ть 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)]
- forsake (transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
- leave (transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
- leave (transitive) To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).
- relinquish (transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
- walk out on (informal, transitive) To abandon or desert someone, especially a spouse.
abandon — full definition
- verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
- noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".
forsake — full definition
- verb To abandon or give up someone or something, often permanently.
- verb To turn down or refuse something that is offered.