given up
Threw in towel
Given up is the past participle of give up, meaning to have stopped trying or abandoned effort.
Someone who has given up on a goal no longer pursues it: I've given up on finding a parking spot.
It also means to have quit a habit: She's given up smoking.
To have given up on a person is to have lost hope in them or stopped expecting better.
Completely abandoned or discarded
- desertedLeft behind, uninhabited
- discardedGotten rid of
- jiltedAbruptly rejected romantically
- strandedLeft without means to leave
orphaned · castoff · forgotten · rejected · shunned · disowned · relinquished · neglected
Complete yielding to demands
- yieldingBending under pressure
- submissionYielding to another's will
- concessionYielding a point
- forfeitLose through violation
white flag · truce · armistice · concede · ceding · succumbing · laying down arms · standing down
Total absence of hope
- desperationUtter loss of hope
- futilityLack of purpose
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
gloom · dejection · discouragement · disheartened · demoralized · forlorn · deflated · defeated
Consent to receive
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- letting goReleasing one's grasp
coming to terms · making peace · yielding · passive · docile · fatalistic · stoic · reconciled
Weariness from prolonged exertion
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- drainedEmptied of resources
- spentExhausted or disbursed
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
worn out · run down · overtaxed · overwhelmed · collapse · breakdown · hitting the wall · tapped out
forsaken
Completely abandoned or discarded
stranded · orphaned · castoff · forgotten · rejected · shunned · disowned · relinquished · neglected · left behind
capitulation
Complete yielding to demands
- yieldingBending under pressure
- submissionYielding to another's will
- concessionYielding a point
forfeit · white flag · truce · armistice · concede · ceding · succumbing · laying down arms · standing down · backing down
despair
Total absence of hope
- desperationUtter loss of hope
- futilityLack of purpose
- desolationState of complete emptiness
bleakness · gloom · dejection · discouragement · disheartened · demoralized · forlorn · deflated · defeated · broken
acceptance
Consent to receive
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
letting go · coming to terms · making peace · yielding · passive · docile · fatalistic · stoic · reconciled · submissive
fatigue
Weariness from prolonged exertion
depleted · worn out · run down · overtaxed · overwhelmed · collapse · breakdown · hitting the wall · tapped out · nothing left
- surrenderedsurrendered, capitulated, yielded, conceded, submitted
given uppersevered
Continued despite difficulty
persisted · kept going · carried on · pressed on · soldiered on
give, given, giving, forgive, give up, forgiving, gave, gives, forgiven