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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 1.6 [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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