To abandon, give up (a task); to resign (an office). Also with infinitive as object. Obsolete.

transitive. To let go, give up, renounce (a pursuit, practice, possession, etc.); to cease to use, have, or practise.

transitive. = abandon, v. (in various senses). Also reflexive.

To forsake, abandon, relinquish, desist from, relinquish the prospect of; to cease to have to do with (a person); to sacrifice, ‘lay down’ (one's…