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giving up

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Noun1.giving upgiving up - a verbal act of admitting defeat    
yielding, surrender
relinquishing, relinquishment - a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.
2.giving up - the act of forsaking
forsaking
forgoing, forswearing, renunciation - the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)


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I have stated in the preface to the first Edition of this work, and in the Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, that it was in consequence of a wish expressed by Captain Fitz Roy, of having some scientific person on board, accompanied by an offer from him of giving up part of his own accommodations, that I volunteered my services, which received, through the kindness of the hydrographer, Captain Beaufort, the sanction of the Lords of the Admiralty.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
It cost her a pang even to think of giving up the little treasures which in her eyes were as precious as the old lady's jewels.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
Weston to have felt what you would feel in giving up Henry or John.
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