あきらめる
to give up, to abandon
You put the pen down and say it to the room, and 言 is sat on the left because this does not count until somebody has heard it. Akira あきら said it out loud and meant it: あきらめる.
諦めないで is do not give up. It is abandoning the attempt rather than losing.
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