relinquish
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English relinquisshen, from the inflected stem of Middle French relinquir, from Latin relinquere, itself < re- + linquere (“‘to leave’”)
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to relinquish (third-person singular simple present relinquishes, present participle relinquishing, simple past and past participle relinquished)
(transitive)
- To give up, abandon or retire from something.
- To let go (free, away), physically (release
- To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
- To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
- The delegations saved the negociations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction
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[edit] Translations
to give up, abandon
to let go, physicially release
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[edit] External links
- relinquish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- relinquish in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
