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English noun: giving up

1. giving up (communication) a verbal act of admitting defeat


Synonymssurrender, yielding


Broader (hypernym)relinquishing, relinquishment

2. giving up (act) the act of forsaking


Synonymsforsaking


Broader (hypernym)forgoing, forswearing, renunciation









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