Antonyms for given upgiv·en up

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1. given up

   One is addicted to that which he has allowed to gain a strong, habitual, and enduring hold upon action, inclination, or involuntary tendency, as to a habit or indulgence. A man may be accustomed to labor, attached to his profession, devoted to his religion, given to study or to gluttony (in the bad sense, given over, or given up, is a stronger and more hopeless expression, as is abandoned). One inclined to luxury may become habituated to poverty. One is wedded to that which has become a second nature; as, one is wedded to science or to art. Prone is used only in a bad sense, and generally of natural tendencies; as, our hearts are prone to evil. Abandoned tells of the acquired viciousness of one who has given himself up to wickedness. Addicted may be used in a good, but more frequently a bad sense; as, addicted to study; addicted to drink. Devoted is used chiefly in the good sense; as, a mother's devoted affection.

   Antonyms:
   averse, disinclined, indisposed, unaccustomed

   Synonyms:
   abandoned, accustomed, addicted, attached, devoted, disposed, given, given over, habituated, inclined, prone, wedded

   Preposition:
   Addicted to vice.

How to use given up in a sentence?

1. David Valadao:

   If someone is going to run in a district like this based off of one vote on a person that lost the district, everyone who supports that type of mentality has literally given up the opportunity to win a seat and put someone in a spot that could actually fight for them and do what's right for the district, if their only issue is one vote, that's a pretty short-sighted mentality.

2. Carol Potter:

   In honor of Luke I have given up eating pork, in its many varied forms, for Lent, pigs are very intelligent animals and Luke often brought his sweetie to the set. Anyone want to join me?

3. Dale Nolte:

   If you are a farmer, they can clean out your crops overnight, we have farmers tell us they have given up on planting high-dollar crops because of the feral hog problem.

4. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev:

   If we imagine for a minute that Russia has given up this role (of arms seller), we well understand that this place will not stay vacant.

5. Brian Hartman:

   Our members see this as our time to get back some of the things that they have given up. The expectations of members were very high going into this, as it's written, there's not a chance.

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