What is the meaning of giving up?

noun

• A verbal act of admitting defeat.
  • synonyms: yielding, surrender
• The act of forsaking.
  • synonyms: forsaking

verb

• Lose (s. Th.) or lose the right to (s. Th.. by some error, offense, or crime)
  • usage: "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"
  • synonyms: forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego
• Give up with the intent of never claiming again.
  • usage: "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
  • synonyms: abandon, give up
• Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat.
  • usage: "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
  • synonyms: drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge
• Put an end to a state or an activity.
  • usage: "Quit teasing your little brother"
  • synonyms: discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
• Give up what is not strictly needed.
  • usage: "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
  • synonyms: spare, give up, part with, dispense with
• Part with a possession or right.
  • usage: "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
  • synonyms: release, relinquish, resign, free, give up
• Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily.
  • usage: "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
  • synonyms: vacate, resign, renounce, give up
• Relinquish possession or control over.
  • usage: "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
  • synonyms: surrender, cede, deliver, give up
• Give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another.
  • usage: "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
  • synonyms: surrender, give up
• Stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims.
  • usage: "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"
  • synonyms: abandon, give up
• Allow the other (baseball) team to score.
  • usage: "give up a run"
  • synonyms: give up, allow
• Stop consuming.
  • usage: "kick a habit"; "give up alcohol"
  • synonyms: kick, give up