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Definition of leave : 1. Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.
2. The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; - used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, i. e., literally, to take permission to go.
3. To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.
4. To cease; to desist; to leave off.
5. To depart; to set out.
6. To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish.
7. To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece.
8. To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge.
9. To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed.
10. To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit - with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; as, leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to leave the matter to arbitrators.
11. To raise; to levy.
12. To send out leaves; to leaf; - often with out.
13. To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house.

Synonyms:

forswear, emerge, give-up the ghost, bring, take out, provide, go on, devise, retire, permission, bring home the bacon, hand, conk, generate, progress, dispensation, moderate, grant, disappear, founder, farewell, conduct, give, supply, impart, approach, forget, get by, take, word of farewell, expire, withdraw from, advance, intrust, ease up, chip in, perish, pass on, go out, contribute, come forth, countenance, get away, sacrifice, forego, allow for, pay, allow, give up, consent, set off, hold, cast off, channel, issue, die, demit, pass along, go forth, law, recant, communicate, escape, cave in, retract, take off, permit, run, draw, terminate, provide for, break, add, continue, kick the bucket, bury, consecrate, open, appropriate, head, establish, request, depart from, pull up stakes, chair, reserve, sidetrack, commit, lend, present, devote, furnish, get around, croak, set aside, start out, distribute, cash in one's chips, come out, transmit, take leave, confide, leave of absence, direct, blow, render, bestow, repudiate, furlough, admit, keep, egress, inquire, set out, ask, block, shove off, get out, let, collapse, go steady, feed, cede, allowance, deviate, digress, abjure, put up, will, parting, pass away, make, pass, tolerate, dedicate, have, guide, turn over, draw a blank, march on, leave behind, conduce, decease, trust, vary, pull, straggle, start, drop dead, kick in, precede, submit, cut out, see, ensue, buy the farm, blank out, pop off, vacation, apply, set forth, cater, fall in, top, result, carry, sabbatical, leave alone, extend, ply, put across, diverge, return, split, choke, bequeath, bring out, push off, take into account, yield, holiday, cease, throw, vanish, retire from, move on, pull out, throw over, convey, offer, lead, circulate, give way, earmark, gift, leave-taking, pass around, get off, entrust, afford, snuff it, move over, go away, date, reach

abdicate, surrender, discontinue, quit, drop, evacuate, vacate, relinquish, forsake, resign, abandon, defect, desert

abstract, omit, void, empty, absent

dispel, part with, release, discard, jettison, waive, renounce, disclaim, capitulate, reject, vent, dismiss, dispose, cancel, disown, rid, relegate, shed, let go, forgo

go, exit, part, withdraw, embark, flee, depart, decamp

Usage examples:

• " You leave me to myself. - "Prince Fortunatus", William Black.
• " I leave it to you," said Mr. Ducksmith. - "The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol", William J. Locke.
• No- no- don't leave me; take me away! - "The Title Market", Emily Post.