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noun
  1. (dated) permission, Permission.
Might I beg to accompany you?
  1. Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
I've been given three weeks' by my boss.
  1. (dated) Farewell, departure.
I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance.
Translations:
  • Dutch: verlof
  • French: congé
  • German: Abschied
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: ( > despedirse)
verb (leaves, leaving, left)
  1. (transitive) To transfer possession of after death.
When my father died, he left me the house.
  1. (transitive) To be left or over; to remain as available.
There's not much food left, we'd better go to the shops.
  1. (transitive) To not take away with oneself but leave as available for others; to deposit.
I'll the car in the station so you can pick it up there.
  1. (transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention (to); to stop being concerned with.
Can't we just this to the experts?
  1. (transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
I left the country and I left my wife.
  1. (intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
''I think you'd better .
Translations:
  • Dutch: weggaan, vertrekken
  • French: partir
  • Spanish: irse, salir
  • German: verlassen
  • Italian: partire
    (trans-mid)
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