Leave may refer to: *

Permission (disambiguation) Permission may be: Arts, entertainment, and media * Permission (film), ''Permission'' (film) * Permission (magazine), ''Permission'' (magazine) * ''La Permission'', novel * ''Permission to Land'', album Ethics and law * Permission (philosophy) ...

** Permitted absence from work ***

Leave of absence The labour law concept of leave, specifically paid leave or, in some countries' long-form, a leave of absence, is an authorised prolonged absence from work, for any reason authorised by the workplace. When people "take leave" in this way, they are ...

, a period of time that one is to be away from one's primary job while maintaining the status of employee ***

Annual leave Annual leave is a period of paid time off work granted by employers to employees to be used for whatever the employee wishes. Depending on the employer's policies, differing number of days may be offered, and the employee may be required to gi ...

, allowance of time away from work while continuing to be paid ***

Leave (military) In military forces, leave is a permission to be away from one's unit, either for a specified or unspecified period of time. The term AWOL, standing for ''absent without leave'', is a term for desertion used in the armed forces of many English- ...

, a period of time in which a soldier is allowed to be away from his or her assigned unit **

Leave to enter Leave to enter is permission for entry to the United Kingdom granted by British immigration officers. According to the Immigration Rules, a person who is not a British citizen, an Irish citizen or a Commonwealth citizen with the right of abode in t ...

, permission for entry to the United Kingdom granted by British immigration officers **

Leave to remain Indefinite leave to remain (ILR) or permanent residency (PR) is an immigration status granted to a person who does not hold the right of abode in the United Kingdom (UK), but who has been admitted to the UK without any time limit on their stay a ...

, permanent residency in the United Kingdom **

Leave to appeal In law, an appeal is the process in which cases are reviewed by a higher authority, where parties request a formal change to an official decision. Appeals function both as a process for error correction as well as a process of clarifying and ...

, granted to the loser in a court case to appeal the verdict ** Leave to prosecute, permission to bring a private prosecution of a criminal case ** ''Leave of the house/senate'', the term used to describe

unanimous consent In parliamentary procedure, unanimous consent, also known as general consent, or in the case of the parliaments under the Westminster system, leave of the house (or leave of the senate), is a situation in which no member present objects to a prop ...

in Westminster system parliaments * The pro-

Brexit Brexit (; a portmanteau of "British exit") was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February 2020 CET).The UK also left the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or ...

side of the Brexit debate (opposite of "Remain")

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Leave'' (film), a 2010 film by

Robert Celestino Robert John Celestino is an American film producer, screenwriter, editor and film director. He is best known for his films such as ''Mr. Vincent'' and ''Yonkers Joe''. Films ''Mr. Vincent'' premiered at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. It wo ...

Music

* ''Leave'' (album), a 2002 Mandopop album * "Leave" (Get Out), a 2004 R&B song by JoJo * "

Leave! "Leave!" is a song by English recording artist V V Brown from her debut studio album '' Travelling Like the Light''. It was released on March 2, 2009 as the album's second single and was accompanied by a music video. This single, like her debut si ...

", a 2009 soul song performed by the English singer VV Brown * "Leave", a song by

Sertab Erener Sertab Erener (born 4 December 1964) is a Turkish singer, songwriter and composer. With her coloratura soprano voice, she started working as a backing vocalist for Sezen Aksu, and with Aksu's help she released her first studio album in the 1990s ...

* "Leave", a song by Lula and Bela B. * "Leave", a song by

Marieme Marieme is a Senegalese-American singer-songwriter with a multi-octave voice whose music has R&B, pop and jazz influences. Her musical themes reflect her youth affected by war and her subsequent world travels. She has released one EP, one acous ...

from her self-titled EP * "Leave", a song by Matchbox Twenty from the album '' Mad Season'' * "Leave", a song by R.E.M. from the album ''

New Adventures in Hi-Fi ''New Adventures in Hi-Fi'' is the tenth studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was their fifth major-label release for Warner Bros. Records, released on September 9, 1996, in Europe and Australia, and the following day in t ...

'' * "LEAVE", a song by

Susumu Hirasawa is a Japanese musician and composer. In the fifth year of elementary school, Hirasawa took up the electric guitar, inspired by the surf and instrumental rock bands he heard on the radio and on TV, later joining his junior high school's band. ...

from the album ''Detonator Orgun 2'' * "Leave", a song by Wavves from the album ''

Welcome to Los Santos The music for the 2013 action-adventure video game ''Grand Theft Auto V'', developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games, was composed by The Alchemist, Oh No and Tangerine Dream in collaboration with Woody Jackson. The game is the ...

People

Leave (gamer) Huang Xin (Chinese: 黄馨), better known by his online alias Leave, is a Chinese professional ''Overwatch'' player currently playing for the Chengdu Hunters of the Overwatch League (OWL). He is best known for his ability to play a large variety ...

, gamertag of Xin Huang, professional esports player

Sports

Leave (cricket) In cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the ball with a bat to score runs and prevent the loss of one's wicket. Any player who is currently batting is, since September 2021, officially referred to as a batter (historically, the ...

, the deliberate action of not hitting the ball

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