proclivity vs. cleave vs.leave

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Main Entry: leave
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: abandon, renounce
Synonyms: back out, cease, cede, desert, desist, drop, drop out, evacuate, forbear, forsake, give notice, give up*, hand over, knock off, maroon, quit, refrain, relinquish, resign, stop, surrender, terminate, waive, yield
Antonyms:

continue, hold, keep

 

Main Entry: proclivity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: inclination, tendency
Synonyms:

bent*, bias, cup of tea, disposition, druthers, facility, flash*, groove*, inclining, leaning, liableness, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proneness, propensity, thing for, type, weakness

Antonyms: disinclination
 
Main Entry: cleave
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: divide, split
Synonyms: carve, chop, crack, cut, dissect, dissever, disunite, divorce, hack, hew, open, part, pierce, rend, rip, rive, separate, sever, slice, stab, sunder, tear asunder, whack
Antonyms: join, meld, unite
Main Entry: cleave
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stand by, stick together
Synonyms: abide by, adhere, agree, associate, attach, be devoted to, be tight with, be true, cling, cohere, combine, freeze to, hold, join, link, remain, stay put, unite