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desist

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leave off collapse: stop using; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here"; come to an end, stop or cease; "the road leaves off at the edge of the forest"; "leave off where you started"

give over collapse

knock it off collapse

cut it out collapse

drop it collapse

relinquish collapse

resign collapse: accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"

give up collapse: allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run"

abort collapse: the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed; "I wasted a year of my life working on an abort"; "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area"; terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion; cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus"; terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"

abjure collapse: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

disuse collapse

cease collapse: (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

discontinue collapse: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"; come or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31"

quit collapse

abdicate collapse: give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

belay collapse: something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured; fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat; turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him

renounce collapse: cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

forbear collapse: refrain from doing; "she forbore a snicker"

waive collapse: do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"

surcease collapse

come off collapse

forgo collapse: refrain from consuming; "You will have to forgo alcohol"

terminate collapse

cede collapse

throw up collapse

hand over collapse: to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money"

forswear collapse

lay off collapse

lay down collapse: institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"

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