Leave

Definition: Leave

Leave

Noun

1. The period of time during which you are absent from work or duty; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother".

2. Permission to do something; "she was granted leave to speak".

3. The act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow".

Verb

1. Go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?" "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight".

2. Go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind".

3. Act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless".

4. 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".

5. Move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country".

6. Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip".

7. Result in; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin".

8. Remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes".

9. Put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care".

10. : leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate".

11. : have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11".

12. : be survived by after one's death: "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats".

13. : tell or deposit (information) knowledge; "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here".

14. : leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors".

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

Date "leave" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Labor

Metallurgy

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Leave

Disjunction

Part, part company; separate, leave.

Giving

Invest, endow, settle upon; bequeath, leave, devise.

Permission

Noun: permission, leave; allowance, sufferance; tolerance, toleration; liberty, law, license, concession, grace; indulgence; (lenity); favor, dispensation, exemption, release; connivance; vouchsafement.

Relinquishment

Verb: relinquish, give up, abandon, desert, forsake, leave in the lurch; go back on; depart from, secede from, withdraw from; back out of; leave, quit, take leave of, bid a long farewell; vacate; (resign).

Remainder

Verb: remain; be left; Adjective: exceed, survive; leave.

Crosswords: Leave

Frisian (darling).

When did she leave town (A Time to Kill; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

So you don't have to pay me. Now leave me alone (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

If I leave you here, you die. Or you can be young always, my friend, as we are now, but you must tell me: will you come or no (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

And at no time did he ever leave my mind (Eyes Wide Shut; writing credit: Arthur Schnitzler; Stanley Kubrick)

If you leave me now, you'll take away the very heart of me (If You Leave Me Now; performing artist: Chicago)

Fifty ways to leave your lover (50 Ways To Leave Your Lover; performing artist: PAUL SIMON)

Please don't leave me now (Second Chance; performing artist: 38 Special)

I MIGHT LEAVE THE HEAT BEHIND (Come Back In One Piece; performing artist: Aaliyah)

Leave them burning and then you're gone ("Dancing Queen"; performing artist: Abba)

If innocence can leave, guilt can come. (references; author: unknown)

New Hampshire: Go Away And Leave Us Alone (references; author: unknown)

Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others. (references; author: unknown)

God loves us the way we are, but too much to leave us that way. (references; author: unknown)

If you follow in others' footsteps, you will never leave yours behind. (references; author: unknown)

Kindly Leave the Kerb (1971)

Leave It Love It (1970)

The Seven Swordsmen Leave Tianshan (1959)

Leave It to Beaver (1957)

Love Me or Leave Me (1955)

Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) (performing artist: Helen Reddy)

Please Don't Leave (performing artist: Lauren Wood)

If You Leave (performing artist: O.M.D.)

50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER� (performing artist: Paul Simon� )

Fading Like A Flower (Everytime You Leave) (performing artist: Roxette)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• I'm Out of My Body... Please Leave a Message (Zack Files, 6) (reference)

• True for You, but Not for Me: Deflating the Slogans That Leave Christians Speechless (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Family & Medical Leave Act Compliance Guide (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Leave It To Beaver (reference)

• Love Me or Leave Me (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Leave Me Lonely (reference)

• The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Home Message Center Pictureframe Leave Messages for Family (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Such disease processes such as neuronal demyelination can leave an individual with permanent muscle weakness, and even paralysis. Credit: CDC.

Hubert Paton and Bloomberg in a Cebu cart Shore leave in the Philippines. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Sandy Hook Bar, New York Harbor entrance Surveyed under the direction of Lt. Cmdg. Thomas R. Gedney, 1835 Hydrographic Survey H-53 This survey helped publicize survey efforts by finding a new channel This channel made it easier and cheaper to enter and leave New York Harbor. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Flying home for leave over Mount Iliamna. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

King penguins on shore leave looking for the party at Grytviken. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Chartered Bureau of Commercial FisheriesShip BERTHA ANN. This ship was preparing to leave for an experimental high seas salmon gill-netting fishing expedition. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Heavy rains in north central Iowa leave standing water in crop fields. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Drop structure built at the outlet of a grassed waterway to stabilize the waterway and allow runoff to leave the waterway without causing gully erosion. Credit: Lynn Betts.

U.S. American National Red Cross Convalescent Home for Nurses, Putney, England. : Nurses ready to leave on a car ride with two soldiers. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Positive reactions from two vaccinations leave visible scars on the arm of a little boy ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by J. Mohr..

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And let whoever in the country desires it, swear to obey the orders of the said five and twenty barons for the execution of all the aforesaid matters, and along with them, to molest us to the utmost of his power; and we publicly and freely grant leave to everyone who wishes to swear, and we shall never forbid anyone to swear. (reference)

Thus, at the beginning, Cain might take as much ground as he could till, and make it his own land, and yet leave enough to Abel's sheep to feed on; a few acres would serve for both their possessions. (Second Treatise of Government)

If it had been intended to leave it in the discretion of the legislature to apportion the judicial power between the supreme and inferior courts according to the will of that body, it would certainly have been useless to have proceeded further than to have defined the judicial power, and the tribunals in which it should be vested. (reference)

Any of the inhabitants of the Saar Basin who may desire to leave the territory will have full liberty to retain in it their immovable property or to sell it at fair prices, and to remove their movable property free of any charges. (reference)

Eventually there may come - I feel eventually there will come - the principle of common citizenship, but that we may be content to leave to destiny, whose outstretched arm many of us can already clearly see. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Promise me, Pooh, that you won't forget me ever, because if I thought you would, I wouldn't leave.

His aunt could not bear to have him leave her.

Make up your mind that you will say both words, but leave it unsettled which you will say first

Leave me

Leave this wreck and ruin here where it hath happened

The cough did not leave her, and she had night sweats

And all to leave what with his toil he won To that unfeather'd two-legged thing, a son.

Bah! he had done well to leave the room in disdain

But leave behind Your son, George Stanley

Take it or leave it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The sores can leave ugly scars. (references)

Others leave their head uncovered. (references)

Wounds heal poorly and may leave scars. (references)

Business

Harvesting methods and equipment leave tremendous amounts of waste. (references)

These firms tend to cater to their countrymen and rarely leave that operating space. (references)

Other items that may not leave China include all items that are prohibited from being imported. (references)

Children

Netherlands

Approximately 10 percent of students leave secondary school before attaining a certificate. (references)

Zimbabwe

If a family is unable to pay tuition costs, it is most often female children who leave school. (references)

Ghana

The Ghana Education Service ordered the headmistress on ordered leave while it conducted an investigation. (references)

Civil Liberties

Belgium

Those denied were ordered to leave the country. (references)

Italy

Citizens who leave are ensured the right to return. (references)

Turkmenistan

The court confiscated the apartment and the owner decided to leave the country. (references)

Economic History

Bulgaria

The minimum annual paid leave is 20 days. (references)

Croatia

Employees are also entitled to seven days of personal leave. (references)

Costa Rica

Women workers are entitled to four months of paid maternity leave. (references)

Human Rights

Korea

Some are eligible for overnight leave. (references)

Afghanistan

Staff who resisted were beaten and ordered to leave the compound. (references)

Maldives

Those who are released pending trial may not leave a specific atoll. (references)

Indigenous People

Indonesia

At year's end, the Moronene still were living in Hukaea-Laeya village, but they feared further destruction of their settlements since the Government has not changed its position that they must leave. (references)

Colombia

ONIC reported widespread cases in which members of indigenous communities, particularly in Putumayo, are forbidden to leave their community without either paramilitary or FARC permission, in which paramilitaries have blockaded communities, or in which indigenous people returning from urban areas are accused by guerrillas of being paramilitary collaborators. (references)

Minorities

Azerbaijan

Most shield their identity or try to leave Azerbaijan. (references)

Political Economy

DENMARK

Danish law provides for government-funded parental and educational leave programs. (references)

Costa Rica

Millicom was forced to leave Costa Rica after making large infrastructure investments. (references)

THE BAHAMAS

A 1988 law provides for maternity leave and the right to re-employment after childbirth. (references)

Political Rights

Tanzania

Subsequently some occupants decided to leave Zanzibar or to send family members to the mainland until after the election. (references)

Zambia

The Speaker deferred to the court injunction, enabling the 22 to retain their seats until they chose to leave on their own. (references)

Senegal

Elections are held by balloting that is described officially as secret but may permit voters to leave the polling place with evidence of how they voted. (references)

Trade

Nigeria

However a claim must be made before the goods leave customs custody. (references)

Panama

This payment will be reimbursed at the time the goods leave the country. (references)

Australia

Cargo may not leave Australian points of departure unless allocated an Export Clearance Number. (references)

Travel

Mexico

Leave these in a hotel safe, not in your room. (references)

Guatemala

Leave valuables in the hotel's safe deposit box. (references)

Costa Rica

One should never leave valuables in the vehicle. (references)

Women

Netherlands

Women are eligible for 16 weeks of maternity leave with full pay. (references)

Ireland

Parental leave does not affect a mother's right to maternity leave. (references)

Bolivia

Young girls often leave school early to work at home or in the economy. (references)

Worker Rights

Swaziland

Most workers receive a minimum of 12 days annual leave. (references)

Burma

It is illegal to leave the country without government authorization. (references)

Andorra

When job contracts expire, temporary workers must leave the country. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "leave": absence without leave ♦ absent on leave ♦ absent without leave ♦ annual leave ♦ application for leave ♦ ask for leave ♦ ask leave ♦ ask leave of smb. ♦ away on leave ♦ be on leave ♦ be on sick leave ♦ beg leave ♦ beg leave to ♦ by your leave ♦ come on leave ♦ compassionate leave ♦ convalescent leave ♦ extension of leave ♦ Family Leave ♦ French leave ♦ give leave ♦ go on leave ♦ grant home leave ♦ he had to leave ♦ it's best leave unsaid ♦ leave a bad taste in one's mouth ♦ leave a blank ♦ leave a car unattended to ♦ leave a card on smb. ♦ leave a coating ♦ leave a legacy ♦ leave a loose thread ♦ leave a message ♦ leave a message for smb. ♦ leave a profit ♦ leave a road ♦ leave about ♦ leave again ♦ leave ajar ♦ leave alone ♦ leave an aching void ♦ leave an impression ♦ leave an inference ♦ leave around ♦ leave aside ♦ leave astern ♦ leave behind ♦ leave burning ♦ leave by will ♦ leave cold ♦ leave each other ♦ leave en masse ♦ leave for ♦ leave for good ♦ leave here! ♦ leave him be! ♦ leave him in the lurch ♦ leave home ♦ leave in ♦ leave in peace ♦ leave in the lurch ♦ leave it alone ♦ leave it alone! ♦ leave it at that! ♦ leave it to me! ♦ leave its mark ♦ leave its mark on ♦ leave lying around ♦ leave me alone ♦ leave me alone! ♦ leave me out of it! ♦ leave much to be desired ♦ leave no stone unturned ♦ leave no trace ♦ leave nothing to accident ♦ leave of absence ♦ leave off ♦ leave off mourning ♦ leave off work ♦ leave off! ♦ leave office ♦ leave on ♦ leave one alone ♦ leave one's bed ♦ leave open ♦ leave ot open ♦ leave out ♦ leave out of account ♦ leave out of consideration ♦ leave over ♦ leave port ♦ leave running ♦ leave shut ♦ leave smb. alone ♦ leave smb. holding the baby ♦ leave smb. in the dark ♦ leave smb. in the lurch ♦ leave smb. out in the cold ♦ leave smb. to his own devices ♦ leave smb. to one's own devices ♦ leave smb. to oneself. Additional references.

Beginning with "leave": leave-in, leave-men, leave-of-absence, leave-taking, leave-takings, leave-them-alone.

Ending with "leave": by-your-leave, sick-leave, ticket-of-leave.

Containing "leave": take-it-or-leave-it.

Afrikaans

vertrek (absent onself, chamber, depart, departure, go away, leaves, room), verlof (furlough, pass), verlaat (abandon, desert, forsake, quit), laat (allow, late, let, release, tardy), aftrek (absent onself, demand, depart, discount, go away, pick, pluck, rebate, retreat, sale, subtract, tear, tear off). (various references)

Albanian

leje (allowance, authorization, furlough, liberty, licence, license, order, pass, permission, permit, permittance, release, sanction), lejë (allowance, authorization, furlough, liberty, licence, license, order, pass, permission, permit, permittance, release, sanction), largohem (backdown, backtrack, depart, evacuate, get along, get away, go, go away, go off, make oneself scarce, move out, recede, retire, run away, run off, secede, subside, take away, turn out, veer), largim (alienation, avulsion, back track, backtrack, departure, deviousness, dissimilation, drain, elimination, evacuation, expulsion, getaway, moving away, parting, recession, removal), lëmë (area, branch, region), lë trashëgim (bequeath, demise, legate, legator, remember), lë (allow, break off, chuck, cut, drop, dump, give up, grant, jilt, jump, let, let by, Miss, omit, overjump, overleap, Park, pass up, permit, put, quit, release, relinquish, resign, tek pupa, vacate, yield), pushim (break, cease, cessation, chuck, discharge, dismissal, dismission, intermission, letup, outage, pause, playtime, recess, recreation, relaxation, reprieve, respite, rest, standstill, stoppage), nisem (depart, embark, get a move on, start off, take off), miratim (acceptance, acclamation, adoption, approbation, approval, assent, confirmation, consent, countenance, enactment, endorsement, Favor, favour, goodwill, imprimatur, indorsement, ok, okay, okey, ratification, recognition, sanction, validation, warrant), ik (begone, blast off, clear off, depart, escape, exit, fly away, get along, get away, get out, give the guy to, go, go away, go off, go out, hence, make away, make off, make one's bow, make oneself scarce, move away, pass, pass off, push off, retire, run away, run off, shoot through, take away, take off), gjethon (foliate, leaf), dal (appear, arise, beetle, brush off, come into being, come out, come up, creep out, develop, egress, emerge, erupt, exhaust, exit, flow out, get out, get out of, go out, let out, open, run out, sprout, stand out, stick up, turn out, turn up), çel gjethe (leaf). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مضى (go, go on doing, run out), ‏هجر (break away, cast aside, dereliction, desert, desertion, disuse, drop out, emigratory, expel, expose, flee, forsake, immigrate, jettison, neglect, quit, relinquish, renounce, scrap, skive, strand, surrender, throw, waive, weigh anchor), ‏نسى (cause to forget, forget, miss, omit, overlook, sink, slur, unlearn), ‏غادر (blow, depart, disloyal, false, feline, get carried away, go, hop, insidious, jump, pop off, quit, ratty, retire, scram, skip, snaky, sneak, snide, start, traitorous, treacherous), ‏تخلى عن, ‏تخلى (abandon, assign, cast aside, cede, desist, disgorge, expose, forsake, give up, go back on, hand over, let down, part, quit, release, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, retreat, shake, shrift, sign away, slough, swear off, throw over, turn one's back on, vacate, waive, walk out on, yield), ‏ترك (break, cast aside, discontinue, ditch, drop, drop it, drop out, lay aside, leave about, let go, neglect, peg, quit, rap, resign, resignation, sign away, strand, suffer, unhand), ‏سافر (barefaced, cover, cruise, fare, fly, go, hike, journey, pack, ride, set off, tour, travel, voyage), ‏عطلة (holiday, vacation), ‏ذهب (be, betake, gang, gild, go, gold, repair), ‏اذن, ‏إنصراف (departure), ‏إجازة (allowance, authorization, furlough, holiday, permission, permissiveness, permit, rest, vacation, variance, warrant, warranty). (various references)

Aymara

mistuña (to leave), jaytaña (to leave something). (various references)

Basque

utzi (leave to, permit to), irtengo (will leave). (various references)

Breton

loc'homp (let's leave). (various references)

Bulgarian 

отпуска (holiday, holidays, vacation), подхвърлям (abandon, expose, fling, hint, insinuate, interject, interpose, throw up, toss, toss about), позволение (allowance, authorization, grant, licence, license, permission, permit), правя (act, advance, contract, deliver, do, drive, enounce, gargle, lay, make, pay, pull, put forward, put out, run off, strike, transact), предоставям (resign, submit), прощаване (adieu, farewell, leave taking, parting, valediction), заминавам (depart, go away, ride away, roll away), завещавам (bequeath, demise, devise, give, legate, will), изоставям (abandon, discard, drop, drop behind, dump, forsake, forsook, hang behind, lay aside, lay by, neglect, overboard, pass up, put away, relinquish, renege, renounce, shelve, turn from, turn in, walk out on), отивам си (be off, buzz, clear off, exit, get away, go, go away, go off, off it, part, pass, piss off, pop off, pull away, push along, quit, remove, run along, sheer off, shunt, take off, walk away), сбогуване (adieu, farewell, leave taking, valediction), отпътувам (depart, drive away, set forth, set forward, set off, set out), оставям (abandon, confide, desert, drop off, leave behind, let, put, put down, quit, repudiate, resign, vacate), ваканция (holidays, recess, vac, vacation), тръгвам (depart, drive off, get along, get going, get off, pull away, pull off, put, put forth, sally, set forth, set off, set on, set out, shove off, start, wend, wend one's way), разлиствам се (exfoliate, expand), разрешение (allowance, card of admission, fiat, key, licence, license, permission, permit, resolution, sanction, solution), равен съм на (equal, peer, rival), напускам (abandon, desert, fall away, lay down, leave off, part from, quit, relinquish, vacate, void). (various references)

Catalan

sortir (exit, go out, to leave). (various references)

Chinese 

避 (avoid, escape, flee, shun, to hide, to keep away, to leave), 留 (to keep, to preserve, to remain, to retain, to stay), 事假, 動身 (go on a journey), 別離 (take leave of), 別 (another, awkward, classify, contrary, depart, difficult, distinguish, do not, must not, other, separate, to pin). (various references)

Croatian

polazi, napustiti, krenuti, krenemo. (various references)

Czech

opustit (abandon, desert, drop, forsake, plant, quit, relinquish, throw up, to leave). (various references)

Danish

løslade (allow, let, release), forlade (abandon, desert, forsake, quit), afrejse (absent onself, depart, departure, drive away, drive off, go away). (various references)

Dutch

vertrekken (absent onself, contort, depart, drive away, drive off, fly away, go away, quarters, start off, twist), verlof (furlough, pass, permission), op reis gaan (depart, set out), afreizen (depart, set out). (various references)

Esperanto

lasi (allow, let, release), heredigi (bequeath), forvojaĝi (depart, set out), forpermeso (furlough, pass), forlasi (abandon, desert, forsake, quit), foriri (absent onself, depart, go away), ekvojaĝi (depart, set out), ekveturi (depart, sail, start). (various references)

Faeroese

loyvi (licence, license, permission), lata (allow, cause, dedicate, deliver, devote, entrust, furnish, get, let, make, release, supply, tell), sleppa undan (allow, let, release), sleppa (allow, drop, escape, flee, let, overthrow, release), fara frá (abandon, abdicate, desert, forsake, quit, resign), fara avstað (absent onself, depart, go away). (various references)

Farsi 

مرخصی (Permission, Vacation), گذاشتن (Attach, Cut, Deposit, Have, Infiltrate, Let, Lodge, Place, Shunt, Stead), ول کردن (Lax, Let, Quit, Relinquish, Unbridle, Unhand, Unloose), ترک کردن (Defect, Desert, Disuse, Evacuate, Pullout, Relinquish), عازم شدن (Embark, Pullout, Start), اذن (Permission), رهسپارشدن (Go, Proceed), رهاکردن (Abandon, Bolt, Disentangle, Dispossess, Drop, Extricate, Lax, Let, Liberate, Loose, Release, Surrender, Unbend, Uncork, Uncouple, Unfasten, Unfix, Unfold, Unhand, Unhook, Unleash, Unloose, Unsling), رخصت (Permission, Reprieve, Respite), دست کشیدن از (Disaccustom, Discard, Leaveoff, Quit), باقی گذاردن (Impress). (various references)

Finnish

jättää (allow, deliver, give up, hand in, hand over, leave . . to somebody, let, present, quit, release, retire from). (various references)

Flemish

vertrekken, verlaten. (various references)

French

partir (leaving), laisser (let, let go, to leave), quitter, permission, congé (leave-taking), abandonner (leave off, leave out, let down, let go). (various references)

French Canadian

partons (Let's leave). (various references)

Frisian

ferlof (permission), ferlitte (abandon, desert, forsake, quit), ôfreizgje (depart, set out), ôffarre (depart, sail, start). (various references)

Galician

deixa-la (leave the). (various references)

German

verlassen (abandon, abandoned, abandonment, derelict, derelicted, desert, deserted, desertion, desolate, evacuate, exit, forlorn, forsake, lonely, loose, move away, quit, quitted, quitting, solitary, to derelict, to desert, to evacuate, to forlorn, to leave, untrodden), Urlaub (exeat, furlough, holiday, leave of absence, pass, vacation), lassen (allow, get, leave alone, leave in, let, let be, let go, lets, make, permit, release, stop, to assume, to let), abfahren (cruise, depart, drive away, drive off, go, move off, pull out, roll, ski down, steam off, to depart, wear, wear down), zurücklassen (allow, allow back, leave behind, let, outdistance, outstrip, release, to leave behind), vererben (bequeath, hand down, hand on, make a will, pass on, transmit, will), fortgehen (absent onself, depart, go away, quit, to go away, walkaway), Erlaubnis (admission, allowance, compliance, licence, licences, license, permission, permit), Abschied (dismissal, farewell, goodbye, parting, resignation, valediction), abreisen (absent onself, check out, depart, drive away, drive off, go away, to depart), überlassen (abandon, allow, cede, ceded, desert, entrust, forsake, leave up to, leave with, let, let have, quit, release, to cede). (various references)

Greek 

φεύγω (buzz off, clear away, clear off, clear out, come away, drive away, drive off, flee, fleet, fly, get away, go away, go off, pull out, run along, scurry, slope off, take oneself off, wear off), άδεια (allowance, blankly, furlough, licence, licencea, license, permission, permit). (various references)

Guarani

rosêta (we shall leave), resêta (you will leave), asêta (I shall leave), ñasêmína (let's leave a little bit). (various references)

Haitian Creole

kite, ale (go). (various references)

Hebrew 

לעזוב (abandon, desert, forsake, let go, loosen, release, set free), ל�"ותיר (allow, let, permit), ל�"שאיר (keep over, leave behind, spare), ל�"פר�" (divorce, part, part company, separate), לצאת מן (descend), ל� טוש (abandon, brandish, cast aside, desert, forsake, lay aside, let, quit, relinquish, renounce), פרי�"�" (departure, farewell, parting), פר�"�" (departure, farewell, leave taking, parting), חופש�" (freedom, furlough, holiday, vac, vacation), חופש (freedom, holiday, liberty, vacation), �"שאיר, �"סתלק (get away). (various references)

Hungarian

szabadság (franchise, freedom, holiday, holidays, independence, liberty, vacation), elhagy (abandon, desert, forsake, forsaken, forsook, jilt, leave behind, let down, omit, quit, sank, sunk, throw over, to abandon, to desert, to drop out, to fall off, to forsake, to jilt, to leave behind, to mislay, to sink, to throw over). (various references)

Icelandic

yfirgefa (abandon, desert, forsake, quit), fara (absent onself, depart, go away, go/leave). (various references)

Indonesian

perlop (be on leave, furlough), meninggalkan (abandon, absent, forsake), cuti (day-off, furlough), cabut (yank out), berangkat (depart, go, go off). (various references)

Inuktitut

aullaqtuq (to leave). (various references)

Irish

fág. (various references)

Italian

partire (absent, absent onself, depart, go, go away, leaving, pull away, run, set off, start, start off, start out, steam away, take off, troop away, troop off), lasciare (abandon, allow, desertion, evacuate, forsake, keep, leave behind, leaving, let, lets, loose, quit, release, relinquish, resign, slack, to assume), andarsene (absent, absent onself, buzz off, depart, get along, go, go away, Sally), abbandonare (abandon, abdicate, bolt, desert, discard, dismiss, dump, fail, forsake, give up, leave behind, let oneself go, quit, register, relinquish, renounce, resign, Slough, surrender). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

閑 (farewell, free time, leisure, spare time), リー�"�'冷却器 (leaf, leaflet, leaving, Liebig condenser, love, reamer, Reebok, reef, Riemann), 暇　 (farewell, free time, leisure, spare time), 暇 (farewell, free time, leisure, spare time), 引け (closing price, defeat, diffidence), 帰休 (furlough). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

リーブ , ききゅう (ask for, aspiring to, attempt, balloon, demand, emergency, furlough, seek), ひま (castor oil plant, farewell, free time, leisure, spare time), ひけ (closing price, defeat, diffidence), か�" (admiration, advise, appearance, best, building, can, cap, casket, coffin, cold season, coldest days of the year, crown, designating, diadem, emotion, emperor, encourage, farewell, feeling, first, free time, guesthouse, hall, heaven, hotel, house, impression, initiating on coming of age, inn, intuition, just, kan, leisure, letter, look, love of peace, midwinter, naming, nerves, offer, peerless, perception, pipe, recommend, reel, right, sensation, spare time, spectacle, strong, temper, the sixth sense, tin, top character radical, trunk, tube, volume, warship, writing brush), いとま (farewell, free time, leisure, spare time). (various references)

Korean 

허가 (authorisation, Authorization, permission, Permitting). (various references)

Luganda

tuveewo (let's leave), tuvaawo (we leave at). (various references)

Luxembourgish

fiert (go). (various references)

Malagasy

hanainga. (various references)

Malay

abai ... mengabaikan (ignore, leave out of account, underestimate). (various references)

Manx

kied (assent, faculty, first, furlough, pass, permission, permit, primary, sanction, senior; licence, sufferance), faagail (abandon, bequeath, depart, descend, disembark, ditch, flitting, forsake, give up, hand down, keep on, leaving, maroon, outgoing, quit, quitting, relinquish, retire, season; vacating, seasoning, strand, throw over). (various references)

Maori

waiho-tia (to leave). (various references)

Maya

luk (to leave). (various references)

Mohawk

-htentyes (to leave). (various references)

Norwegian

reise (erect, journey, travel, trip, voyage), permisjon, forlate (abandon, allow, desert, forgive, forsake, let, quit, release), etterlate, dra bort (absent onself, depart, go away), dra (drag, go, haul), avreise (departure). (various references)

Occitan

daissar. (various references)

Papiamen

laga (allow, let, release), sali (absent onself, depart, exit, go away, go out), permiso (permission), abandoná (abandon, desert, forsake, neglect, quit, slighting). (various references)

Pidgin English

comot (to leave). (various references)

Pig Latin

eavelay.(various references)

Polish

zostawić (allow, let, release), usunąć (absent onself, depart, go away), puścić (allow, let, release), opuścić (abandon, desert, forsake, quit). (various references)

Portuguese

licença (charter, comission, excuse, furlough, liberty, licence, license, loose, pass, patent, permission, permit), partir (absent onself, break, crack, depart, fissure, flit, foliate, fracture, go, go away, knap, outbreak, part, pull out, quit, sail, shove off, slice, smash, split, start, start running, take off, take one's leave), legar (bequeath, demise, devise, forsook, legate, transmit, will), deixar (allow, depart, drop off, forsake, get away, go, go away, go out, have, leave behind, leave out, let, let go, move out, quit, release, see, step out, take one's leave, throw over, to avoid, to leave, unhand), abandonar (abandon, back down, cast off, cede, desert, doff, flee, forsake, forwent, give up, jettison, lay aside, lay down, neglect, off, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, secede, set aside, throw over, to abandon, vacant, vacate, waive). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

partirá (will leave), deixe-me (leave me, let me), deixar (to leave). (various references)

Quechua

lloqsisuncheq (we will leave), lloqsisaq (I will leave), lloqsinki (you will leave), lloqsina (let's leave). (various references)

Romanian

låsa (allow, let, release), lãsa (abandon, alight, allow, break, cast off, cease, create, diminish, discontinue, drop, fail, forsake, free, leave behind, let, put away, quit, relinquish, renounce, secure, settle, sink, sprout, stop, suffer, weaken), lãsa prin testament (bequeath, devise, remember, will), respinge (alienate, beat back, blackball, cast away, check, confute, decline, deny, disaffirm, discard, disprove, except, fend, force back, kill, negate, negative, overrule, plough, rebuff, rebut, recess, refuse, refute, reject, relinquish, repel, repudiate, repugn, repulse, return, throw out), învoire (leavening), abandona (abandon, break off an engagement, deliver up, desert, desolate, drop, expose, forsake, part with, quit, relent, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, shelve, spare, throw), asentiment (acquiescence, approval, ascent, consent), avea frunze (leaf), bun rãmas, consimţãmânt (accord, accordance, acquiescence, adhesion, agreeableness, approval, assent, consent), da voie (allow, let, permit, release), depozita (bestow, deposit, garner, settle, store, warehouse), depune (administer, bring, consign, deposit, dethrone, hand in, lay down, Lodge, place, put, put down, swear, throw down), face (achieve, act, anoint, appoint, be, be up to smth., bear, build, carry out, commit, compose, conclude, cook, cost, create, cut, dispense, do, does, draw, drive, effect, form, give, give forth, grow, happen, have, hold, induce, it does, keep, lead, let, make, move, perform, perpetrate, persuade, prepare, produce, prompt, render, say, scoop in, strike, work, write, yield), nesocoti (disregard, ignore, overrule, pass by, pass over, scorn, sneeze, trample on, undervalue), înfrunzi, porni din (go out), testa (assay, attempt, bequeath, devise, test, try), nu lua, omite (balk, baulk, forget, jump, neglect, omit, overlook, pretermit, retrench), pãrãsi (abandon, cast off, cease, clear, desert, drop, evacuate, fail, flee, forsake, jilt, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, surrender, throw, vacate), påråsi (abandon, desert, forsake, quit), permisie (furlough, pass), permisiune (allowance, authorization, faculty, grant, liberty, permission, permit), pleca (absent onself, depart, get away, get off, go, go away, make away with, pack off, pack up and be off, put off, sail, set out, shuffle off, start, take one's departure, take oneself off, withdraw), pleca din, plecare (departure, going, offset, outset, parting, repair, setting off, setting out, start, starting, withdrawal), se îndepårta (absent onself, depart, go away). (various references)

Romansch

bandunar (to leave). (various references)

Romany

mook� v (to leave). (various references)

Russian 

отъезд (departure, going), покидать (cast off, на корме, desert, fall away, forsake, leaving, vacate), покрываться листвой (foliate), прощание (adieu, bye, farewell, good bye, leave taking, leave-taking, parting, valediction), пускат, пускать (allow, let, release, start), пустить (let, release), занести (bring, enter, note down, put down), передавать (abalienate, circulate, communicate, consign, convey, deliver, deliver over, devolve, give, hand over, hand over to, impart, pass, pass on, reach, relegate, repeat, sign away, transfer, transfuse, transmit, turn over), отпуск (clergyman's fortnight, clergyman's week, conge, furlough, hols, temper, vac, vacations), уходить (come away, depart, go, go away, go off, march off, naff off, scram, take away, vamoose, vamose), оставлять (desert, dump, forsake, lay down, quit, relinquish, retire, vacate), разрешение (authorisation, authorization, consent, dispensation, go-ahead, licence, license, permissibility, permission, permit, permittance, ratification, sanctioning, solution), сойти (come off, get off, go down), уезжать (depart, go away, go off, part), увольнение (chuck, discharge, dismissal, layoff, quit, sacking), уход (attendance, departure, exit, maintenance, nursing, outgo, recession, upkeep), завезти (bring, drop off, take). (various references)

Scottish

f� g (abandon, absent onself, depart, forsake, go away, quit). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

otisnuti (print, push away), dozvola (allowance, authorization, clearance, licence, license, permission, permit), izići (debouch, egress, go out, issue), napustiti (abandon, cast off, desert, desolate, drop, drop out, fall away, forsake, give away, jilt, quit, run out, take leave of, throw over, vacate, walk out), odbaciti (abandon, cast aside, cast away, disallow, discard, dismiss, off it, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, set apart, throw away, toss off), odmagliti (beat it, pack up, pop off, scat, skip, take off), odsustvo (absence, furlough), dopuštenje (permission, permit), otići (depart, get over, go along, go away, go off, hive off, pull out, push off, ship, take leave, take one's leave, turn away), zaveštati (bequeath, demise, devise, hand down, will), poći (begin, depart, set on, start), polaziti (depart), prepustiti (give up), prestati (cease, cut out, desist, discontinue, end, intermit, knock off, quit, surcease), rastanak (leave taking, separation), zaputiti (set out), ostaviti (abandon, cast off, let, relinquish, walk out). (various references)

Sicilian

partiri (to leave). (various references)

Somali

baxnu, baxdid. (various references)

Sotho

tsamaya (go), tlohe, tloha. (various references)

Spanish

salir (absent onself, break, break out, come off, come out, come up, depart, departing, drive away, drive off, emancipate, emerge, exit, get away, get out, get over, go, go away, go off, go on, go out, issue, lead off, leak, leaving, line out, lurch out, march out, pan out, pass out, Pierce, pop out, protrude, pull out, push through, put off, put out, radiate, rise, sail, sail out, set forth, set forward, set out, shoot out, shoot up, stand out, start off, step out, stick out, take away, take off, take out, throw off, to leave, troop, trot along, trot over, trot round, turn up, walk out, wash off), dejar (abandon, allow, bring in, drop, exit, finish, forget, forsake, give up, leave alone, leave behind, leave off, leave out, lend, let, lets, make, outdistance, outstrip, produce, put, put down, quit, release, slip, stop, to assume, wait, yield), permiso (admissibleness, dismissal, evaluation, furlough, licence, license, light, pass, permission, permit, ratification), abandonar (abandon, bolt, break, call off, cast away, cede, chuck, clear away, come off, come up, desert, ditch, drop, drop out, flee, forsake, give in, give up, give way, iron out, jack in, lead off, leave over, let into, quit, relinquish, resign, retire, take away, take from, take off, tear down, throw down, throw off, throw over, throw up, toss aside, walk out, walk out on, weaken, withdraw, yield), irse (be behind, collapse, depart, disappear, escape, fade, fail, follow, get along, go, go for, let off, make tracks, pass away, pursue, run after, walk). (various references)

Sranan

permisi (permission), pasi (path, permission, road, route, way). (various references)

Swahili

ruhusa (permission), kuacha (allow, let, release). (various references)

Swedish

lämna (abandon, desert, drop, forsake, furnish, give, give up, hand, hand down, jack in, leaving, offer, quit, render, vacate, yield), tillstånd (allowance, authorization, condition, franchise, lay, permanency, permission, plight, posture, shape, situation, state), tillåtelse (authority, permission, permit, sanction), lov (holiday, holidays, Laud, permission, praise, recess, vacation), ledighet (ease, easiness, flency, fluency, fluidity, holiday, leisure), avgå (be deducted, be sent off, depart, draw out, evaporate, go, resign, retire, sail, start). (various references)

Tagalog

umalis. (various references)

Tahitian

fa'areva (to leave). (various references)

Thai

ใบอนุญาตให้พ้นโทษก่อนกำหน�" (ticke of leave, ticke-of-leave man). (various references)

Tswana

tsamaya (go, going, leaving, walk), tloge. (various references)

Turkish

yola çıkmak (be off, depart, fare, get under weigh, set forth, set off, set out, start, start off, take off, take the road), veda (adieus, adieux, farewell, parting, valediction, valedictory), vazgeçmek (abandon, back down, back down from, back out, back out of, back track, backtrack, be off, beat a retreat, cease, cede, change one's mind, cry off, cut loose, declare off, desist, disclaim, dispense with, do without, drop the reins, forbear, forego, forgo, forsake, give over, give up, go without, jack in, kick, leave off, opt out, quit, recant, recede, relinquish, remit, renounce, resign, retract, sink, Stow, surrender, swerve, throw over, throw up, turn about, turn around, turn up, unlearn, waive, wangle, wangle out of), unutmak (be oblivious of, be unmindful of, forget, leave behind, leave out, loose sight of, neglect, omit, pass the sponge over, unlearn), terketmek (cede, desert, desolate, discard, disuse, ditch, expose, fall off, flee, forsake, jack in, jilt, relinquish, revolt from, throw over, void, walk away, walk on, walk out of, walk out on), terk etmek (abandon, desert, vacate, walk out on), ruhsat (authorization, certificate, certification, concession, concessionairy, imprimatur, licence, logbook, pass, permission, permit, royalty, warrant), müsaade (allowance, permission, permit, sanction, toleration), kalmak (abide, be left, be left over, bed, come to, continue, devolve, fail, flunk, keep, keep to, put up, refuge, remain, rest with, room, sleep, stand, stay, stop, survive, Tarry, wait), kalkmak (arise, get a hard on, get up, have a hard on, lift, lift off, pull, pull away, pull away from the kerb, rise, stand on, stand up, stand upon, start, straighten, straighten up, take off), izin (allowance, authorization, concession, consent, day off, excuse, furlough, green light, holiday, imprimatur, liberty, pass, permission, permit, sanction, toleration, vac, vacation), caymak (back down, back down from, back out, back out of, call back, change one's mind, cry off, deflect, depart, go back on, go without, recant, retract, swallow, swerve, wangle, wangle out of), birakmak (absent onself, depart, go away), bırakmak (abandon, allow, break oneself of a habit, chuck, consign, demise, discontinue, dismiss, dispose of, drop, drop in, drop out, edge out, expose, fail, forego, forgo, forsake, give over, give up, go without, grow, hand down, jack in, jilt, kick, lay down, lay off, leave off, let, let go, let smb. have it, offload, outgrow, plant, put, put away, put off, put to, quit, release, release one's hold, relinquish, renounce, resign, revolt from, stop, surrender, take one's farewell of, throw over, unclasp, unlearn, unloose, walk out), ayrılmak (apostatize, be off, be through with, break away, break up, break with, check out, come unstuck, cut loose, decamp, defect, depart, desert, deviate, disunite, divaricate, diverge, divide, divorce, divorce from, draw apart, draw away, drop out, fork, furcate, get clear of, get off, give up, graduate, hive off, lead away from, mosey, move off, part, part company, part company with, part from, part with, pull away, pull out, quit, retire, revolt, revolt from, secede, segregate, separate, sever, splinter off, split, split off, split up, stray, sunder, take one's farewell of, tear oneself away, unstuck, vacate, walk off, walk out, walk out of, withdraw). (various references)

Turkmen 

зykmak (exit, go). (various references)

Ukrainian

відпустка (furlough, holidays), вирушати (be off, depart, march off, march out, pull off, put off, sally forth, set forth, set off, set out, start, trudge, wend), залишатися (be, bide, keep, lie, persist, remain, sit, stay, stop behind, stop on), залишати (abandon, chuck, depart, desert, desolate, forsake, give over, quit, relinquish, throw over, void), забувати (efface, forget, leave behind, neglect), піти (come away, depart, exit, retire), прощання (adieu, adieus, farewell, good bye, valediction), дозвіл (allowance, assent, authorization, consent, leaving, o.k., ok, okay, okey, order, permission, permit, permittance, warranty). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự cho phép sự được phép nghỉ sự cáo từ. (various references)

Welsh

gadael (abandon, absent onself, accord, admit, afford, allow, depart, go away, let, permit). (various references)

Xhosa

ndizosuka (I will leave). (various references)

Yucatec

luk'ul (absent onself, depart, escape, flee, go away, run away). (various references)

Zulu

-suka (absent onself, depart, go away), -hamba (absent onself, depart, go, go away, travel, walk). (various references)

abætere, abire, abitere, abscedere, abscedo, decessit, deseram, deserant, deserat, desere, deserebat, deserentes, deserenti, deserere, deseretur, deserit, deserta, desertae, desertam, desertarum, desertas, deserti, desertis, deserto, desertos, desertum, desertus, deseruerunt, deseruisse, desolo, destituant, destituens, destituerunt, destituta, destitutae, destitutam, digressi, dimitto, discedo, egredior, egredior, egressus, eo, excedo, exeam, exeamus, exeant, exeas, exeat, exeatis, exeunt, exeunte, exeuntem, exeuntes, exeunti, exeuntibus, exi, exibimus, exibis, exibit, exibitis, exibunt, exiebant, exiebat, exiens, exient, exientes, exierant, exieras, exierat, exierint, exieris, exierit, exieritis, exierunt, exies, exiet, exiit, exire, exirent, exires, exiret, exissent, exisset, existi, existis, exit, exite, exitu, exitum, exitus, exivi, exivit, licentia. (various references)

afaran, geleoran. (various references)

deserter. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "leave": leaved, leaven, leavened, leavening, leavenings, leavens, leaver, leavers, leaves. (additional references)

Words ending with "leave": cleave, deleave, interleave, sleave. (additional references)

Words containing "leave": cleaved, cleaver, cleavers, cleaves, cloverleaves, deleaved, deleaves, endleaves, flyleaves, interleaved, interleaves, leatherleaves, longleaves, shinleaves, sleaved, sleaves, unleavened. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Leave" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aleave, Bleaval, Elaf, Elavil, elevee, eluve, feave, geave, keave, laevi, laevo, laive, lauve, lavae, lavo, leace, leade, Leafe, leage, leale, leane, leanv, leav, leavce, leavel, leavs, Leaze, Lecanvey, Leeeee, leeve, leevee, legavi, Lehave, Leipe, leize, Lemayev, leovic, Leravoe, lerv, leuf, leuge, leurve, Leuxe, leva, levade, levak, levate, levea, levo, lieve, lleva, loave, Lukavac, luuurve, teave, Venavae. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: alee, eave, lave, leva, vale, veal, vela.

-2 letters: ale, ave, eel, eve, lav, lea, lee, lev, vee.

-3 letters: ae, al, el, la.

+1 letter: cleave, laveer, leaved, leaven, leaver, leaves, reveal, sleave, vakeel, vealed, vealer, velate.

+2 letters: cleaved, cleaver, cleaves, deleave, devalue, elative, elevate, enclave, enslave, evangel, exclave, gaveled, haverel, laveers, leavens, leavers, leavier, raveled, raveler, revalue, reveals, selvage, several, sleaved, sleaves, vakeels, valence, valeted, vealers, vealier, vegetal, velamen, wavelet.

+3 letters: alewives, avellane, aversely, behalves, beslaved, cavelike, cervelas, cervelat, chevalet, clavered, cleavage, cleavers, crevalle, deleaved, deleaves, devalued, devalues, deverbal, elatives, elevated, elevates, elevator, eluviate, enclaves, enslaved, enslaver, enslaves, enviable, evadable, evadible, evaluate, evangels, evenfall, eventual, evitable, evocable, exclaves, foveolae, gavelled, giveable, graveled, haverels, heavenly, laveered, lavender, leavened, leaviest, levanted, levanter, leverage, leviable, levigate, levirate, levitate, liveable, loveable, loveseat, marveled, medieval, moveable, overable, overlade, overlate, overleaf, overleap, oversale, overzeal, ravelers, ravelled, raveller, relative, relevant, revalued, revalues, revealed, revealer, revenual, reversal, reviewal, salvagee, saveable, selvaged, selvages, servable, severals, slavered, slaverer, traveled, traveler, valences, valerate, valvelet, vaselike, vealiest, velarize, vendable, venereal, vernacle, vesperal, viewable, voteable, waveless, wavelets, wavelike.