Leave and Staying

Opposite meaning words

Leave verb - To cause to remain behind.

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Staying is an antonym for leave.

Nearby Words: leaving, leaven, leaved, leaver

Definitions of Leave not found.

Leave is an antonym for staying in topics: visit, wait, hold in abeyance.

Nearby Words: stay, stayed, stayer

They bluff their way into the hotel where the conspiracy theorist is staying and leave a mysterious package in the restaurant... which turns out to contain a peace medal that they've come to present him with.

Source: Middle Eastern Terrorists
For a second, she is going to leave, but instead the episode ends with Rainbow staying in the Academy.

Source: Recap / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S3 E7 "Wonderbolts Academy"
And when Kyousuke begins to leave forever, Riki demands he stay because he doesn't care about anything else but staying with Kyousuke forever.

Source: Please Don't Leave Me

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