If you relinquish something, you let it go. You relinquish control of the army when you resign as general. You relinquish your plan to sneak into town when your parents find out what's going on.
To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit;
Verb
relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another
Verb
release, as from one''s grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won''t fall"
Verb
turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
Verb
part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
Verb
do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"
v. t.
To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from;
to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.
v. t.
To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to
relinquish a debt.
Relinquish
We ought to relinquish such rites.
They placed Irish tenants upon the lands relinquished by the English.2.
To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit;
Usage Examples
Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.
Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason.
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Other Usage ExamplesOnly in death will I relinquish my belts.
When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.
The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.
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