GIVING UP meaning: Ceasing effort after repeated failures

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General (12 matching dictionaries)

giving up: Merriam-Webster
giving up: Collins English Dictionary
giving up: Vocabulary.com
giving-up: Wordnik
giving up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
giving up: Wiktionary
giving up: Dictionary.com
Giving Up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
giving up: Rhymezone
giving up: FreeDictionary.org
giving up: Mnemonic Dictionary
giving up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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giving up: Legal dictionary

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giving up: Encyclopedia

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giving up: Idioms

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Giving Up: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Giving Up)

▸ noun: "Giving Up" is a popular song written by Van McCoy that was introduced by Gladys Knight & the Pips with an April 1964 single release.
▸ noun: "Giving Up" is a 1969 hit song performed by The Ad Libs.

Opposite:

persevere, endure, continue

Types:

surrender, abandonment, renunciation, forfeiture, abdication, quitting, retirement, withdrawal, more...

Phrases:

giving up the ghost, giving up as a bad job, giving it up, giving up for lost, giving up on, more...

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