relinquish
verb/ɹɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/
Etymology From Middle English relinquisshen, from the inflected stem relinquiss- of Middle French relinquir, from Latin relinquere, itself from re- + linquere (“to leave”). Compare also Sanskrit रिणक्ति (riṇakti, “to leave”).
1
To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
- to relinquish a title
- to relinquish property
4 more examples
- to relinquish rights
- to relinquish citizenship or nationality
- relinquish power
- With this issue Mr. W. A. Willox regretfully relinquishes the editorship of THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE1942 February, Railway Magazine, page 62:
2
To let go (free, away), physically release.
3
To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
- But it was the most fleeting of false dawns. Dmitri Yachvilli slotted a penalty from distance after Flood failed to release his man on the deck, and France took a grip they would never relinquish.2011, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France”, in BBC Sport:
4
To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
- The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction.
- Derived terms
- derelinquish, relinquishable, relinquisher, relinquishment, unrelinquished, unrelinquishing
- Related terms
- delict, delinquent, delinquency, derelict, relic, relict, reliquary, reliquiae