(α) To surrender, Vid: (β) To resign, desist from, Vid: To give up all hope, spem abjicere; about anything, desperare aliquid or de aliqua re; anybody’s cause, aliquem deserere; causam alicujus deponere; a causa alicujus recedere. (γ) To lay down an office, abdicare munus or (more commonly) se munere; abire (magistrate or honore); abscedere munere (Cic., Fam., 9, 3); magistratum deponere. (δ) To give up the ghost, [Vid: GHOST.] (ε) To give one’s self up to, Vid: to DEVOTE (one’s self to).