Relinquish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To retire from; give up or abandon.
  • v. To put aside or desist from (something practiced, professed, or intended).
  • v. To let go; surrender.
  • v. To cease holding physically; release: relinquish a grip.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To give up, abandon or retire from something.
  • v. To let go (free, away), physically release.
  • v. To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
  • v. To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit.
  • v. To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To give up the possession or occupancy of; withdraw from; leave; abandon; quit.
  • To cease from; give up the pursuit or practice of; desist from: as, to relinquish bad habits.
  • To renounce a claim to; resign:-as, to relinquish a debt.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. release, as from one's grip
  • v. part with a possession or right
  • v. turn away from; give up
  • v. do without or cease to hold or adhere to
  • Antonym
    keep   
    Verb Form
    Cross Reference
    abdicate   
    Hyponym
    let out    unleash    disengage    pop    let loose    loose    muster out    toggle    withdraw    unclasp   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abandon    quit    resign    surrender    yield    concede    cede    renounce    deliver    waive   
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