Leave Alone

Definition: Leave Alone

Leave Alone

Verb

1. Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Leave Alone

Freedom

Laisser faire, laisser aller; live and let live; leave to oneself; leave alone, let alone.

Inaction

Verb: not do, not act, not attempt; be inactive; abstain from doing, do nothing, hold, spare; not stir, not move, not lift a finger, not lift a foot, not lift a peg; fold one's arms, fold one's hands; leave alone, let alone; let be, let pass, let things take their course, let it have its way, let well alone, let well enough alone; quieta non movere; stare super antiquas vias; rest and be thankful, live and let live; lie rest upon one's oars; laisser aller, faire; stand aloof; refrain; (avoid) keep oneself from doing; remit one's efforts, relax one's efforts; desist; (relinquish); stop; (cease); pause; (be quiet).

Permission

Give carte blanche, give the reins to, give scope to; (freedom); leave alone, leave it to one, leave the door open; open the door to, open the flood gates; give a loose to.

Expression using "leave alone": To leave alone. Additional references.

Albanian

lë të qetë (lay off, leave in peace). (various references)

Bulgarian 

не закачам. (various references)

Czech

nechat na pokoji (let alone). (various references)

German

lassen (allow, get, leave, leave in, let, let be, let go, lets, make, permit, release, stop, to assume, to let), zufriedenlassen (leave in peace), seinlassen (drop, leave, stop), auslassen (drop, ignore, leave off, leave out, let down, let go, let off steam, let out, melt, Miss, miss out, omit, omitting, release, skip, to leave out, vent, wreak). (various references)

Hebrew 

לעזוב ל� פשו (let alone, strand). (various references)

Hungarian

békén hagy (leave in peace, to leave alone, to let alone, to let slide). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"�置 (leave as is, leave to chance, neglect). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ほうち (constitutional government, daimiate, fief, information, intelligence, leave as is, leave to chance, neglect, news). (various references)

Pig Latin

eavelay aloneay

Romanian

lãsa în pace (let alone). (various references)

Russian 

оставить в покое (leave in peace). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ostaviti na miru (give a break, let alone). (various references)

Spanish

no molestar, dejar en paz (give a break, let alone), dejar (abandon, allow, bring in, drop, exit, finish, forget, forsake, give up, leave, leave behind, leave off, leave out, lend, let, lets, make, outdistance, outstrip, produce, put, put down, quit, release, slip, stop, to assume, wait, yield). (various references)

Swedish

låta vara i fred (lay off), låta bli (forbear, help, lay off, let alone, let be, refrain). (various references)

Turkish

yalnız bırakmak (leave smb. to oneself), rahat bırakmak (give a horse the reins, lay off, leave in peace, leave well alone, let alone, let be, not to bother), kendi haline bırakmak (leave smb. to one's own devices, let be, let it ride, let smth. ride, turn smb. adrift), karışmamak (have no concern with, let alone, let be, not to interfere). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: avellane.

-3 letters: avellan, novella, novelle.

-4 letters: eleven, elevon, leaven.

-5 letters: alane, allee, alone, anele, anole, laevo, leave, leone, levee, level, llano, naval, navel, novae, novel, veena, venae, venal.