relinquish
(verb)
verb
1. part with a possession or right
- I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
Similar word(s): free, release, resign
Definition categories: possession, give, hand, pass, reach
2. do without or cease to hold or adhere to
- relinquish the old ideas
Similar word(s): forego, foreswear, forgo, waive
Definition categories: social
3. turn away from; give up
Similar word(s): foreswear, quit, renounce
Definition categories: possession, abandon
4. release, as from one's grip
- relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall
Similar word(s): release
Definition categories: contact
Sentences with relinquish as a verb:
- to relinquish a title
- to relinquish property
- to relinquish rights
- to relinquish citizenship or nationality
- The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction