What does relinquishment mean?
Definitions for relinquishment
re·lin·quish·ment
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Princeton's WordNet
relinquishment, relinquishingnoun
a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.
relinquishment, relinquishingnoun
the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.
Wiktionary
relinquishmentnoun
The act of relinquishing something.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Relinquishmentnoun
The act of forsaking.
Etymology: from relinquish.
Government or ceremonies, or whatsoever it be, which is popish, away with it: this is the thing they require in us, the utter relinquishment of all things popish. Richard Hooker.
That natural tenderness of conscience, which must first create in the soul a sense of sin, and from thence produce a sorrow for it, and at length cause a relinquishment of it, is took away by a customary repeated course of sinning. South.
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relinquishment
Relinquishment is the act of giving up, surrendering, or letting go of something such as a right, claim, position, or possession, often permanently. It involves voluntarily ceasing to keep or assert a particular thing.
Webster Dictionary
Relinquishmentnoun
the act of relinquishing
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of relinquishment in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of relinquishment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of relinquishment in a Sentence
Is the relinquishment of the trial by jury and the liberty of the press necessary for your liberty? Will the abandonment of your most sacred rights tend to the security of your liberty? Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings give us that precious jewel, and you may take every thing else! Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.
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