Synonyms: renounce, relinquish, dispense with, forswear, disclaim, disown, disavow, discard, wash one's hands of, give up, stop, cease, drop, forgo, desist from, have done with, abjure, abstain from, discontinue, break off, refrain from, set/lay aside, desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with, vacate, quit, evacuate, withdraw from, surrender, cede, yield, indulge in, give way to, give oneself up to, yield to, lose oneself to/in, uninhibitedness, recklessness, lack of restraint, lack of inhibition, unruliness, wildness, impulsiveness, impetuosity, immoderation, wantonness
Antonyms: keep, claim, continue, stick by, self-control, power through, achieve, defend, bear, hope, acquire, quick visit, adopt, continue along, adhere, remain, pursue, support, take up, keep up, reuse, advocate, stay, persevere, cherish, keep going, carry on
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Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.
John Maynard Keynes
And this I hate - not men, nor flag, nor race - but only War with its wild, grinning face.
Joseph Dana Miler
Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain; here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense.
Mark Overby
Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Does man differ from the other animals? Only in posture. The rest are bent, but he is a wild beast who walks upright.
Philemon
A boy is, of all wild beasts, the most difficult to manage.
Plato
The healthy being craves an occasional wildness, a jolt from normality, a sharpening of the edge of appetite, his own little festival of the Saturnalia, a brief excursion from his way of life.
Robert Maclver
Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.
Thomas Fuller
The moment you wake up each morning, all your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists in shoving it all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other, larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in.
C. S. Lewis
Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1588. Cook
1 Samuel 9:23
Illustration
Stephen Stewart
... fire. Many vegetables were eaten raw, but lentils and greens were boiled in oil or water. The Jews liked their food strongly seasoned. They added not merely salt, but also mustard, capers, cumin, rue, saffron, coriander, mint, dill and jeezer (a kind of wild rosemary); all these were continually used, as well as garlic, onions, and shallots. Pepper was scarce and very expensive: it came in the caravans all the way from India. Cooking utensils were a shallow iron plate and a frying pan, neither of which ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... sustaining gift, a life-giving gift, a promise of prolonged life. Our early ancestors were nomads. And in fact, we learn that Ishmael himself, would become a nomadic desert dweller, knowing where to find water and food, knowing how to live successfully in the desert wilds. But he also had God “dwelling” with him. Therefore, he would always know how and where to access water. Just as Abraham had dug a well (also serving as an altar) consecrated to the Lord, so too would Ishmael no doubt dig wells in the ...
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Roy Howard
... lives, and hearing that invitation, stepping out of comfortable, yet unsatisfying structures toward a future that only God knows. This is the journey that we together are walking in faith. Once we grasp that Peter did not drown and neither will we, then a wild freedom begins. In a similar way the people of Israel, having been freed from slavery and sent on their way to the promise land, found themselves in the wilderness. They were in liminal space — neither in the past, which was familiar though harsh ...
Humor
One comedian explained today's youth like this: When we were kids, we were very disciplined. My father was very strict, but along came the electric razor and took away the razor strap. Then furnaces took away the woodshed. And along came taxes and the worries of it took away my Dad's hair and with that the old hairbrush disappeared. And that's why kids today are running wild, the old man has run out of weapons!
Humor
A man had lived a wild and unrepentant life, so his priest was rather concerned when he gave him the Last Rites. "Do you renounce the devil? Do you renounce him and all his works?" the priest asked. The man opened one eye and said, "Father, this is no time for making enemies."
Humor
Warren Buffett, the second-richest man in America, once commented, "My ideas about food and diet were irrevocably formed quite early. They were the product of a wildly successful party that celebrated my fifth birthday. On that occasion, we had hot dogs, hamburgers, soft drinks, popcorn, and ice cream. I found complete gastronomical fulfillment in this array and have seen no reason subsequently to expand my horizons." (from: First Gentleman's Cookbook by William D. Orr, p. 178, ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... most needed moments, in the most challenging times, in the most heart-wrenching situations that their true hearts will be revealed. Jesus sees us for who we are. Jesus has the ability to look into our hearts and souls and to see what dwells beneath our wild and woolly exteriors. Some of us may seem a bit rough around the edges but may have the most generous of hearts. Others may look like perfect Christians, but when rubber meets the road, their generosity fails and self-serving behavior kicks in. Now, it ...
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King Duncan
... as a morning pick-me-up. And why didn’t we all get excited about Colgate-brand TV dinners? Or Fortune Snookies, the fortune cookies for dogs? Doesn’t your pet like to read their fortune each day? The museum also has displays of such wild ideas as caffeinated beer, microwaveable scrambled eggs in a tube, and breath mints that look like little packages of cocaine. (1) Can you imagine the disappointment of the inventor who poured his or her time, energy, and intellect into creating a product no matter how ...
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Timothy W. Ayers
... inwardly at the profundity of the thought before he spoke again. “Son, in many ways the temple is also a sign. It points to the day the Messiah will come.” Samuel thought before asking, “When will the Messiah come? I’ve heard people on pilgrimage talk about a wild man that lives in the wilderness that is baptizing people and he says the kingdom of God is at hand. Some say he might be the Messiah. Do you think we might see him? Do you think he is the Messiah?” “I’ve heard the same tales. Most ...
1597. Profiles In Joy
John 20:1-18 · Mark 16:1-8
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Timothy W. Ayers
... lovely spring day, find some symbol for new life, and put it in the egg-like container. Back in the classroom, they would share their new-life symbols, opening the containers one by one in surprise fashion. After running about the church property in wild confusion, the students returned to the classroom and placed the containers on the table. Surrounded by the children, the teacher began to open them one by one. After each one, whether flower, butterfly, or leaf, the class would ooh and ahh. Then one was ...
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Richard Gribble
... to let go of past hurts, clutching on to old grudges, and desiring revenge for what others have done to us are terrible realities that unfortunately often plague us. When we have been hurt by another we hold on to the pain as tenaciously as a wild animal clutches its prey; letting go, it seems, is not a possibility. Yet, experience, as the great teacher, suggests that our failure to release ourselves from the past only weighs us down, impeding our ability to move forward. As surely as in past times, when a ...
1599. Heaven
Revelation 7:9-17
Sermon
Will Willimon
This summer I received a long email from a student who was in the wilds of Montana. To pass the time, he began reading Augustine's Confessions. He sent me this long list of questions about his reading of Augustine. Why did Augustine appear to be so troubled by sex? Isn't sex good? What was the deal with the stolen pears? Had he not ...
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Lori Wagner
... everyone you know by being part of the “wrong” crowd or associating with the “wrong” person. This is the word Jesus used to describe his disciples’ struggle. At this point already in Jesus’ ministry, things were heating up. Jesus was a wild card. He had asked his disciples to leave their families during shiva, to leave their care of their parents, to thwart Jewish customs, to defy Temple leadership, to engage in proclaiming a narrative that most around them felt to be ridiculous, outlandish ...
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