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relinquish (verb)

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  • relinquish — ► VERB ▪ willingly cease to keep or claim; give up. DERIVATIVES relinquishment noun. ORIGIN Latin relinquere, from linquere to leave …   English terms dictionary

  • relinquish — verb ADVERB ▪ voluntarily ▪ They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence. ▪ finally ▪ Adrian finally relinquished Eva s hand from his grip. VERB + RELINQUISH …   Collocations dictionary

  • relinquish — verb (T) formal to let someone else have your position, power, or rights, especially unwillingly: The Duke was obliged to relinquish all rights and claims to the territory. | relinquish sth to sb: He refused to relinquish sovereignty to his son.… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • relinquish — verb 1) he relinquished control of the company Syn: renounce, give up/away, hand over, let go of Ant: retain, keep 2) she relinquished her post Syn: leave, resign from …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • relinquish — I verb abandon, abdicate, abjure, cast off, cease, cede, deliver, demit, desert, disclaim, discontinue, dismiss, do without, drop, eliminate, forgo, forsake, forswear, give over, give up, give up claim to, go without, hand over, jettison, lay… …   Law dictionary

  • relinquish — verb a) To give up, abandon or retire from something. The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction b) To let go (free, away), physically …   Wiktionary

  • relinquish — verb 1) he relinquished control of the company Syn: renounce, give up/away, hand over, let go of 2) he relinquished his post Syn: leave, resign from, stand down from, bow out of, give up; informal quit, chuc …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • relinquish — UK [rəˈlɪŋkwɪʃ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms relinquish : present tense I/you/we/they relinquish he/she/it relinquishes present participle relinquishing past tense relinquished past participle relinquished formal to give up your power,… …   English dictionary

  • relinquish — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English relinquisshen, from Anglo French relinquiss , stem of relinquir, from Latin relinquere to leave behind, from re + linquere to leave more at loan Date: 15th century 1. to withdraw or retreat from ; leave… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • relinquish — re|lin|quish [ rə lıŋkwıʃ ] verb transitive FORMAL to give up your power, position, or an advantage, especially when you do not want to do this: She was forced to relinquish her leadership. relinquish your hold on something (=to lose control of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • relinquish — [[t]rɪlɪ̱ŋkwɪʃ[/t]] relinquishes, relinquishing, relinquished VERB If you relinquish something such as power or control, you give it up. [FORMAL] [V n] He does not intend to relinquish power. Syn: give up …   English dictionary

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