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leave vt left, leav·ing: bequeath devise
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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(absence) noun
absentation, break, commeatus, departure, freedom from duty, furlough, holiday, inactivity, interlude, intermission, interval of rest, leisure, liberty, nonappearance, nonattendance, parting, pause, recess, recreation time, relaxation, removal, repose, respite, rest, retirement, retreat, suspension of work, vacation
associated concepts: leave of absence, sick leave
II
(permission) noun
accordance, acquiescence, agreement, allowance, approbation, approval, assent, authorization, certification, concurrence, consent, countenance, dispensation, endorsement, exemption, favor, grace, grant, imprimatur, indorsement, indulgence, legalization, liberty, license, licentia, permissio, permittance, sanction, sufferance, tolerance, vouchsafement, warrant
associated concepts: leave of court
III
(allow to remain) verb
cease, deposit, desist, discard, disuse, drop, forbear, forget, give up, let be, let continue, let go, let stand, neglect, permit, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, set aside, shun, stop, supersede, surrender, suspend, waive
associated concepts: leave no issue, leave the scene of an accident
IV
(depart) verb
abandon, abdicate, abjure, abscond, be off, bid farewell, break away, decamp, defect, desert, disappear, discedere, drop out, embark, emigrate, escape, evacuate, excedere, exit, flee, fly, forsake, go, go away, go forth, migrate, move on, part, proricisci, pull out, quit, resign, retire, retreat, run away, secede, set out, slip away, take leave, tergiversate, vacate, vanish, withdraw
V
(give) verb
accord, allot, apportion, assign, award, bequeath, bestow, confer, consign, demise, devise, donate, endow, entrust, give by will, grant, hand down, impart, legare, make a bequest, make a testamentary disposition, present, relinquere, settle upon, transmit, will
VI
index
abscond, alight, bequeath, capacity (authority), charter (sanction), concession (authorization), consent, defect, demise, demit, depart, devise (give), disappear, discontinue (abandon), dispensation (exception), evacuate, fail (neglect), favor (sanction), forgo, forswear, franchise (license), freedom, furlough, give (grant), holiday, indulgence, liberty, license, move (alter position), option (choice), permission, permit, pretermit, quit (evacuate), relinquish, renounce, resign, retire (conclude a career), retire (retreat), retreat, secede, shun, sufferance, variance (exemption), withdraw, yield (submit)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.Permission.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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To give or dispose of by will. Willful departure with intent to remain away. Permission or authorization to do something.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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To give or dispose of by will. Willful departure with intent to remain away.Permission or authorization to do something.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
