giving up

1. 1.

   a verbal act of admitting defeat

   Synonymsyieldingsurrender

   Broaderrelinquishment
2. 2.

   the act of forsaking

   Synonymsforsaking

   Broaderrenunciation

Questions about giving up

What does giving up mean?

giving up means "a verbal act of admitting defeat". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for giving up?

Close synonyms include yielding, surrender, forsaking. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is giving up a common word?

giving up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.