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