part with

Verb

Meaning

give up what is not strictly needed

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

give up dispense with drop decline yield surrender sacrifice resign spare renounce discard cede relinquish waive forgo

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Antonyms

nab obtain net collect acquire earn

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Hypernyms

give

Examples

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong. Abraham Lincoln

I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I'd let go of the 1500 or so books I possess. H. P. Lovecraft

Wisdom consists of ten parts -- nine parts of silence and one part with few words. Arabic Proverb

Part with your head, but not with your secret. Kurdish Proverb

Those who part from there homeland part with there all life. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

part to whole relation part transmitting power part ways part with it part-finance part-fund