If “Gives up” has you searching for the right entry, this group of answers reflects those used in completed puzzles where the clue appeared in the same format.
Suggested Answers:
- QUITS
- SURRENDERS
- WAIVES
- RETIRES
- PAC
- ABANDONS
- CEDES
- YIELDS
- DROPS
- RESIGNS
- RENDERS
- DESPAIRS
- SACRIFICES
- RATSON
- RENOUNCES
- LOSESHOPE
- FORFEITS
- CRIESUNCLE
- PACKSITIN
Synonyms and Definitions
QUITS
- Synonyms: cease, chuck up the sponge, depart, discontinue, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, foreswear, give up, lay off, leave office, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, step down, stop, take leave, throw in, throw in the towel
SURRENDERS
- Synonyms: capitulation, cede, deliver, fall, giving up, resignation, yielding
WAIVES
- Synonyms: dispense with, forego, forfeit, forgo, street child, throw overboard, waive
RETIRES
- Synonyms: adjourn, bed, crawl in, draw back, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, move back, pull away, pull back, put out, recede, retire, retreat, sack out, strike out, turn in, withdraw
PAC
- Synonyms: political action committee
- Definition: A committee established by a specific interest group to gather funds for the political candidates they support.
ABANDONS
- Synonyms: desert, desolate, empty, forsake, unconstraint, vacate, wantonness, wildness
CEDES
- Synonyms: concede, grant, surrender, yield
YIELDS
- Synonyms: afford, bear, buckle under, ease up, fruit, generate, give, give in, give way, issue, knuckle under, move over, output, pay, payoff, proceeds, production, relent, render, return, soften, succumb, take, takings
DROPS
- Synonyms: bead, cast, cast off, cliff, cut down, dangle, degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, dip, discharge, dismiss, drib, dribble, driblet, drip, drop cloth, drop curtain, drop down, drop off, drop-off, expend, fell, flatten, free fall, knock off, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pearl, pretermit, put down, send away, send packing, set down, shake off, shed, sink, spend, strike down, swing, throw, throw away, throw off, unload
RESIGNS
- Synonyms: free, reconcile, release, submit
RENDERS
- Synonyms: depict, fork out, fork over, fork up, furnish, hand over, interpret, picture, provide, show, supply, translate, try
DESPAIRS
- Synonyms: desperation
SACRIFICES
- Synonyms: forfeiture, ritual killing
RENOUNCES
- Synonyms: abdicate, disown, repudiate
FORFEITS
- Synonyms: sacrifice