1. Go away from a place
   "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"
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1. The period of time during which you are absent from work or duty
   "a ten day's leave to visit his mother"
   - leave of absence 
2. Permission to do something
   "she was granted leave to speak" 
3. The act of departing politely
   "he took his leave"
   - farewell, leave-taking, parting

Derived forms: leaves, left, leaving

See also: leaver

Type of: afford, bring about, change, departure, forbear, get, gift, give, give rise, going, going away, hand, have, leaving, lose, make, move, pass, pass on, permission, present, produce, reach, refrain, tell, time off, turn over, yield

Antonym: arrive

Encyclopedia: Leave Leave, freeze or die

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