Synonyms for leave

noun

1. Permission

   consent, dispensation, allowance; see permission.

2. Authorized absence

   leave of absence, holiday, furlough, sabbatical; see vacation.

beg leave

by your leave

on leave

take leave of

take one's leave

verb

1. To go away

   go, depart, take leave, withdraw, move, set out, come away, go forth, take off, start, remove oneself, step down, quit (a place), part, part company, defect, vanish, elope, retire, walk out, walk off, get out, get off, get away, slip away, break away, break out, ride off, go off, go away, move out, move away, vacate, issue, decamp, abscond, flee, get out, flit, migrate, fly, run along, embark, emplane, sally forth, say good-by, entrain, emigrate, clear out, pull out, cut out*, push off*, cast off, scram*, split*, blow*, head out*, ditch*, give the slip*, vamoose*, sign out*, check out*, beat it*, take a powder*, take to the tall timber*, get rolling*, fade away*, pull up stakes*, get along*, make oneself scarce*, break squares with*, bid a long farewell*; see also disappear, resign 2, retreat 1, 2.

   Antonyms arrive*, get to, reach.

2. To abandon

   back out, forsake, desert; see abandon 2.

3. To allow to remain

   let be, let stay, leave behind, let continue, let go, drop, lay down, omit, forget; see also neglect 1, 2.

   Antonyms seize*, take away, keep.

4. To allow to fall to another

   bequeath, will, devise, leave behind, bequest, hand down, transmit; see also give 1.