Japanese Learning

What is the meaning of “諦める”?

WordReadingMeaning
諦めるあきらめる〔運命などに甘んじる〕resign [reconcile] oneself,be resigned [reconciled];〔断念する〕abandon, give up ((an idea, hope))

それは運命とあきらめた
I resigned myself to it as my lot.

第2志望であきらめた
I reconciled myself to my second choice.

夫は死んだものとあきらめた
She gave her husband up for dead.

イギリス行きをあきらめた
I 「gave up [abandoned] the idea of going to England.

彼は商売での損失をあきらめ切れなかった
He could not 「get over [accept] the loss in his business.

回復の望みはないとあきらめた
He accepted the fact that there was no hope of recovery.

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