Synonyms for given up
giv·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.

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

   Antonyms:
   averse, disinclined, indisposed, unaccustomed

   Preposition:
   Addicted to vice.

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1. Chou Ni-an:

   Taiwan's defence ministry sees China as an enemy, by meeting the Chinese leader, Lien has made it clear he sees Taiwan's dignity as nothing and he has given up on Taiwanese people.

2. Suzannah Kolbeck:

   We're able to leave because it's done, to have given up would've felt wrong, just a reminder that we didn't do something, that we'd been beaten by this awful event, that we didn't care. We're able to leave because it's done.

3. 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.

4. Former Vice President Dick Cheney:

   I think they're playing the race card, in my view, certainly we haven't given up — nor should we give up — the right to criticize an administration and public officials.

5. Markus Huber:

   We are in a time when hedge funds are closing their books and people still haven't given up on a rally before the end of the year, it does not look like Europe can hold onto the (positive) momentum.