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. Michael McCarthy:

   (Trading) volumes are terrible. A lot of people have given up for the year with no scheduled events to push oil markets around.

2. Brian Porto:

   I guess I haven't given up on that yet, and maybe some point we will. I'm not ready to give up on college sports with an emphasis on college.

3. 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.

4. Biennial Director Jorge Alfonso:

   Not even in the most difficult moments have we ever given up on staging one of these kind of events, the slogan of this year's edition, 'the construction of the possible', is related to our ideal that a better world is possible.

5. Former Vice President Dick Cheney:

   Certainly we haven't given up — nor should we give up — the right to criticize an administration and public officials.