relinquish
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English relinquisshen, from the inflected stem relinquiss- of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French relinquir, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin relinquere, itself from re- + linquere (“to leave”). Compare also Sanskrit रिणक्ति (riṇakti) ― "to leave".
Pronunciation
Verb
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- (transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something. To trade away.
- to relinquish a title
- to relinquish property
- to relinquish rights
- to relinquish citizenship or nationality
- (transitive) To let go (free, away), physically release.
- (transitive) To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
- 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [1]
- 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 [1]
- (transitive) To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
- The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction
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Translations
to give up, abandon
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to let go, physicially release
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to surrender, yield control or possession
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to accept to give up, withdraw etc.
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Further reading
- “relinquish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “relinquish”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.