leave

sabbatical

furlough, liberty

breather, relaxation, respite, rest

interim, intermission, interval

feast, holy day, legal holiday

idling, loafing, lounging, slacking

imprimatur, seal, signature, stamp

accreditation, certification

liberty, pass

concession, patent, permit

tolerance, toleration

acceptance, acquiescence, agreement, assent, OK (or okay)

accord, grant

flight, retirement, retreat, running away, withdrawal

diaspora, emigration, evacuation, exodus

embarkation, embarkment

disembarkation, egress

abandonment, forsaking, relinquishment

discard, ditch, dump, fling, jettison, junk, scrap, shed, shuck (off), throw away, throw out

deliver, give up, hand over, relinquish, surrender, yield

escape, retreat (from), take off (from), vacate, withdraw (from)

abjure, cut off, disown, reject, renounce, repudiate, separate (from)

sacrifice

distance

disregard, forget, ignore, neglect

deed

hand down, hand on, pass (down)

devise

abandon, vacate

drop out (of), throw up

confer, grant

assign, deal (out), dispense, disperse, distribute, divide

hand in, release, relinquish, submit, surrender, turn in, yield

bequeath, hand down, hand on, will

advance, lend, loan

furnish, supply

recommit, redeliver, regive, retransfer, retransmit

brush (aside or off), cold-shoulder, cut, high-hat, slight, snub

abandon, desert, forsake, maroon, quit

authorize, commission, empower, license (also licence)

approve, endorse (also indorse), sanction

free, liberate, release

cater (to), give in (to), humor, indulge