relinquish
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re·lin·quish
(rĭ-lĭng'kwĭsh) 
tr.v., -quished, -quish·ing, -quish·es.
relinquishment re·lin'quish·ment n.
tr.v., -quished, -quish·ing, -quish·es.
- To retire from; give up or abandon.
- To put aside or desist from (something practiced, professed, or intended).
- To let go; surrender.
- To cease holding physically; release: relinquish a grip.
[Middle English relinquisshen, from Old French relinquir, relinquiss-, from Latin relinquere : re-, re- + linquere, to leave.]
relinquisher re·lin'quish·er n.relinquishment re·lin'quish·ment n.
SYNONYMS relinquish, yield, resign, abandon, surrender, cede, waive, renounce. These verbs mean letting something go or giving something up. Relinquish, the least specific, may connote regret: can't relinquish the idea. Yield implies giving way, as to pressure, often in the hope that such action will be temporary: had to yield ground. Resign suggests formal relinquishing (resigned their claim to my land) or acquiescence arising from hopelessness (resigned himself to forgoing his vacation). Abandon and surrender both imply no expectation of recovering what is given up; surrender also implies the operation of compulsion or force: abandoned all hope for a resolution; surrendered control of the company. Cede connotes formal transfer, as of territory: ceded the province to the victorious nation. Waive implies a voluntary decision to dispense with something, such as a right: waived all privileges. To renounce is to relinquish formally and usually as a matter of principle: renounced worldly goods.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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relinquish
verb
- To give up a possession, claim, or right: abandon, abdicate, cede, demit, forswear, hand over, quitclaim, render, renounce, resign, surrender, waive, yield. See keep/release.
- To cease trying to accomplish or continue: abandon, break off, desist, discontinue, give up, leave off, quit, remit, stop. Informal swear off. Slang lay off. Idioms: call it a day, call it quits, hang up one's fiddle, have done with, throw in the towel. See continue/stop/pause.
- To let (something) go: abandon, cede, forgo, lay down, surrender, yield. See keep/release.
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relinquish
v
Definition: give up, let go
Antonyms: hold, keep, retain, take
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relinquish
IN BRIEF: To let go of; release. Also: To withdraw or leave behind.
Time does not relinquish its rights, either over human beings or over mountains.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
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Relinquish
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - frafalde, opgive, slippe, give afkald på
Nederlands (Dutch)
opgeven, afstand doen van, loslaten
Français (French)
v. tr. - renoncer à (sout), céder, abandonner
Deutsch (German)
v. - aufgeben, verzichten auf
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παραιτούμαι (δικαιώματος κ.λπ.), εγκαταλείπω, παρατώ
Italiano (Italian)
abbandonare
Português (Portuguese)
v. - abandonar, desistir, resignar
Русский (Russian)
оставлять, расставаться с
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - renunciar, soltar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avstå ifrån, avsäga sig, efterskänka
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
放弃, 弃绝, 撤出, 交出, 让与
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 放棄, 棄絕, 撤出, 交出, 讓與
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 버리다, 그만두다, 양도하다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - やめる, 放棄する, 譲渡する, 手放す, あとにする, 放す
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يتخلى عن ملك أو حق أو معتقد, يهجر, يقلع عن
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ויתר על, נטש, הרפה מן
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