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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

to be absent from duty or employment;

e.g. She is on a paid maternity leave from work.

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Abandon

Abdication

Acceptance

Allow

Allowance

Authorization

Bag

Bequeath

Break

Bud

Bye

Chock

Chuck

Clearance

Commend

Commit

Concurrence

Confide

Consent

Consign

Cutoff

Delegate

Deliver

Departure

Desert

Detach

Determine

Diaspora

Ditch

Dump

Emigration

Entrust

Exit

Farewell

Forsake

From

Give

Going

Green light

Hand down

Hand over

Holiday

Intrust

Leave-taking

Let

License

Maroon

Migration

Outgo

Parting

Pass

Permission

Permit

Quit

Recess

Recommend

Redeliver

Repose

Resignation

Sabbatical

Sanction

Seal

Stop

Strand

Sufferance

Toleration

Transfer

Transmit

Trust

Vacation

Vest

Warrant

Will

Would

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Opposite Words

Abide

Accept

Access

Advance

Advent

Appear

Appearance

Approach

Arrival

Arrive

Assemble

Avert

Ban

Bar

Befriend

Begin

Block

Bother

Bug

Caucus

Chivy

Close

Cluster

Collect

Come

Coming

Commence

Comprehend

Concenter

Concentrate

Conglomerate

Congregate

Conscription

Constrain

Convene

Converge

Curb

Declination

Denial

Detain

Deter

Deterrence

Discourage

Discouragement

Disturb

Dun

Embargo

Embrace

Employ

Employment

Engagement

Enjoin

Enter

Entrance

Exclusion

Forbid

Foregather

Forestall

Forgather

Frustrate

Gather

Get-together

Harbor

Have

Help

Hire

Hold

Impede

Ingress

Inhibit

Injunction

Interdict

Into

Keep

Kickoff

Land

Launch

Leadoff

Materialize

Meet

Nay

Near

Nigh

No

No-no

Nonacceptance

Obstruct

Obviate

Occupy

Open

Or

Own

Penetrate

Pester

Pierce

Possess

Preclude

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Proscription

Receive

Reclaim

Recruitment

Redeem

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Revocation

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Stay

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Taboo

Take

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Turndown

Unfold

Veto

Withhold

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Abandon

Abjure

Abscond

Acceptance

Accord

Acquiescence

Advance

Agreement

Alien

Alienate

Approve

Assent

Assign

Authorize

Bequeath

Bloom

Blossom

Blow

Bourgeon

Breather

Burgeon

Cede

Certification

Commission

Concession

Confer

Convey

Cut

Deed

Deliver

Desert

Devise

Diaspora

Discard

Disown

Dispense

Disperse

Disregard

Distance

Distribute

Ditch

Divide

Dump

Effloresce

Egress

Emigration

Empower

Endorse

Escape

Evacuation

Exodus

Feast

Flee

Flight

Flower

Fly

Forget

Forsake

Free

Furlough

Furnish

Grant

High-hat

Humor

Ignore

Imprimatur

Indulge

Interim

Intermission

Interval

Jettison

Junk

Lam

Lend

Liberate

Liberty

License

Loan

Makeover

Maroon

Neglect

OK

Pass

Patent

Permit

Pullout

Quit

Recede

Recommit

Redeliver

Reject

Relaxation

Release

Relinquish

Renounce

Repudiate

Respite

Rest

Retire

Retirement

Retreat

Runaway

Runoff

Sabbatical

Sacrifice

Sanction

Scrap

Seal

Shed

Signature

Slight

Snub

Stamp

Submit

Supply

Surrender

Tolerance

Toleration

Transfer

Unfold

Vacate

Will

Withdraw

Withdrawal

Yield

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