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I was interested to see this; I'd have guessed it was newer than that as well. Case of the recency illusion, I think.
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|"gave up"
 
|"... he bowed his head and gave up his spirit." John 19:30 (NIV)<ref>http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Jhn&c=19&v=30&t=NIV#conc/30</ref>
 
|"... he bowed his head and gave up his spirit." John 19:30 (NIV)<ref>http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Jhn&c=19&v=30&t=NIV#conc/30</ref>
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|"gave up" has a new meaning due to the impact of spectator sports and crime on culture: it now means to quit and stop trying, or surrender.  It has acquired a negative connotation.
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|"gave up" has a newer meaning, attested in the OED since the eighteenth century<ref>http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50094974/50094974se136  sense 64c</ref>: it now means to quit and stop trying, or surrender.  It has acquired a negative connotation.
 
|"release" is a term that avoids the unwarranted negative connotation.
 
|"release" is a term that avoids the unwarranted negative connotation.
 
|replace "gave up" with "released" -  
 
|replace "gave up" with "released" -  
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