Meaning & use
giving up
Stopping an effort to achieve or continue something, especially because it seems too difficult.
See it in a sentence
After three failed attempts, he considered giving up on the puzzle.
Giving up sugar for a month was harder than she expected.
A note on using this word
'Giving up' can mean abandoning a goal or, followed by a noun, renouncing a habit, as in 'giving up smoking.'
Words with a similar meaning
quittingabandoning
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Words with an opposite meaning
perseveringpersisting
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