To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.
To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences.
To abandon somebody, leaving him or her holding the responsibility or blame.
To remove the value from an article or arrangement and leave somebody holding the empty (or valueless) container.