make off, scamper off, sneak off, shuffle off, sheer off; break away, tear oneself away, slip away, slink away, steel away, make away from, scamper away from, sneak away from, shuffle away from, sheer away from; slip cable, part company, turn one’s heel; sneak out of, play truant, give one the go by, give leg bail, take French leave, slope, decamp, flit, bolt, abscond, levant, skedaddle, absquatulate [obs3][U.S.], cut one’s stick, walk one’s chalks, show a light pair of heels, make oneself scarce; escape &c. 671; go away &c. (depart) 293; abandon &c. 624; reject &c. 610.
     lead one a dance, lead one a pretty dance; throw off the scent, play
at hide and seek. 
     Adj. unsought, unattempted; avoiding &c. v.; neutral, shy of &c.
(unwilling) 603; elusive, evasive; fugitive, runaway; shy, wild. 
     Adj. lest, in order to avoid. 
     Int. forbear! keep off, hands off! sauve qui peut[Fr]! [French:  every
man for himself]; devil take the hindmost! 
     Phr. “things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme” [Paradise Lost].

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     #624.  Relinquishment. —­ N. relinquishment, abandonment; desertion,
defection, secession, withdrawal; cave of Adullam[obs3]; nolle prosequi[Lat].
     discontinuance &c. (cessation) 142; renunciation &c. (recantation)
607; abrogation &c. 756; resignation &c. (retirement) 757; desuetude &c. 614; cession &c. (of property) 782. 
     V. relinquish, give up, abandon, desert, forsake, leave in the lurch;
go back on; depart from, secede from, withdraw from; back out of; leave, quit, take leave of, bid a long farewell; vacate &c. (resign) 757.
     renounce &c (abjure) 607; forego, have done with, drop; disuse &c.
678; discard &c. 782; wash one’s hands of; drop all idea of.
     break off, leave off; desist; stop &c. (cease) 142; hold one’s hand,
stay one’s hand; quit one’s hold; give over, shut up shop.
     throw up the game, throw up the cards; give up the point, give up the
argument; pass to the order of the day, move to the previous question. 
     Adj. unpursued[obs3]; relinquished &c. v.; relinquishing &c. v. 
     Int. avast! &c. (stop) 142. 
     Phr. aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben[Ger]; entbehre gern was du
nicht hast[Ger].

     #625.  Business. —­ N. business, occupation, employment; pursuit &c.
622; what one is doing, what one is about; affair, concern, matter, case.
     matter in hand, irons in the fire; thing to do, agendum, task, work,
job, chore [U.S.], errand, commission, mission, charge, care; duty &c. 926.
     part, role, cue; province, function, lookout, department, capacity,
sphere, orb, field, line; walk, walk of life; beat, round, routine; race, career.
     office, place, post, chargeship[obs3], incumbency, living; situation,
berth, employ; service &c. (servitude) 749; engagement; undertaking &c. 676.
     vocation, calling, profession,