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 Definitions of relinquish  [ɪˈlɪŋ kwɪʃ]  

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Definition of 'relinquish' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) relinquish
to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, claim, etc.).

2.  relinquish
to give up; put aside or desist from:
to relinquish a plan.

3.  relinquish
to let go; release:
to relinquish one's hold.

Etymology:  (1425–75; late ME relinquissen, relinquisshen < MF relinquiss-, long s. of relinquir&indirdesc; L relinquere to leave behind =re-re - +linquere to leave)

Definition of 'relinquish' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) release, relinquish, resign, free, give up
part with a possession or right
"I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"

2. (verb) waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with
do without or cease to hold or adhere to
"We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"

3. (verb) foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish
turn away from; give up
"I am foreswearing women forever"

4. (verb) let go of, let go, release, relinquish
release, as from one's grip
"Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"


Definition of 'relinquish' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) relinquish
to withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit

2. (verb) relinquish
to give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to relinquish a debt


Translation of 'relinquish' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to give up
The dictator was forced to relinquish control of the country.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: opgee, laat vaar Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَخَلّى عن Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: напускам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: renunciar a Czech flag Czech: vzdát se German flag German: aufgeben
Danish flag Danish: give afkald på Greek flag Greek: εγκαταλείπω, παραδίδω Spanish flag Spanish: renunciar (a)
Estonian flag Estonian: loobuma Farsi flag Farsi: ترک کردن؛ پشم پوشیدن؛ صرف Finnish flag Finnish: luopua
French flag French: renoncerà Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְווָתֵר Hindi flag Hindi: छोड़ देना
Croatian flag Croatian: odstupiti, odreći se Hungarian flag Hungarian: lemond (vmiről), felad Indonesian flag Indonesian: menyerahkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gefa eftir; láta af hendi Italian flag Italian: rinunciare a Japanese flag Japanese: やめる
Korean flag Korean: 포기하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: atsisakyti, atsižadėti Latvian flag Latvian: atteikties; atmest
Malay flag Malay: melepaskan Dutch flag Dutch: opgeven Norwegian flag Norwegian: oppgi, slippe, frafalle
Polish flag Polish: wyrzec się Persian flag Persian: ترک کردن؛ پشم پوشیدن؛ صرف Pashto flag Pashto: لا س اخيستل، پر يښوول، اي
Portuguese flag Portuguese: renunciar a Romanian flag Romanian: a renunţa Russian flag Russian: отказываться
Slovak flag Slovak: vzdať sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: odreči se Serbian flag Serbian: odreći se
Swedish flag Swedish: ge upp, lämna ifrån sig Thai flag Thai: ทิ้งความเชื่อ เลิกหวัง Turkish flag Turkish: bırakmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 放棄 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: здавати, залишати Urdu flag Urdu: ترک کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: từ bỏ Chinese flag Chinese: 放弃

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