Leave

"Leave" in French

congé

(absence from work)

congé

(departure)

permis

(permission to be absent)

permission

(permission to be absent)

laisser

(to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting)

laisser

(to transfer possession after death)

laisser

(to transfer responsibility or attention)

partir

(to depart (intransitive))

quitter

(to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with)

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