the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of relinquishing.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of relinquishing, leaving, or quitting; a forsaking: the renouncing of a claim.
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n. the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.
n. a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.
Word Usage
"Joy advocates a policy of "relinquishment" -- a self-denying ordinance by which nations, commercial organizations and scientists would agree that certain technological advances were simply too dangerous to be worth pursuing."