mindmap root((离开)) go is the general term and is commonly used as the simple opposite of come: ~ away for the day. leave stresses the fact of separation from someone or something: ~ one's hometown to take a new job. depart carries a stronger implication of separation than leave and is likely to suggest formality: a plane that ~s this evening. quit may add to leave the notion of freeing, ridding, or disentangling from something that burdens or tries: ~ a dull job. withdraw suggests a deliberate removal for good reason: the visitors ~ when the doctor came into the room. retire implies distinctively renunciation, retreat, or recession: ~ from the world to a monastery.