Hypertext Webster Gateway: "relinquish"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Relinquish \Re*lin"quish\ (-kw?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Relinquished} (-kw?sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Relinquishing}.]
[OF. relinquir, L. relinquere to leave behind; pref. re- re +
linquere to leave. See {Loan}, and cf. {Relic}, {Relict}.]
1. To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to
abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.

We ought to relinquish such rites. --Hooker.

They placed Irish tenants upon the lands
relinquished by the English. --Sir J.
Davies.

2. To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to
relinquish a debt.

Syn: To resign; leave; quit; forsake; abandon; desert;
renounce; forb?ar; forego. See {Resign}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

relinquish
v 1: part with [syn: {release}, {free}, {give up}]
2: relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of
another [syn: {surrender}]
3: do without; "We are dispensing with formalities" [syn: {waive},
{forgo}, {foreswear}, {dispense with}]
4: turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
[syn: {foreswear}, {renounce}, {quit}]


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