RELINQUISH
\ɹɪlˈɪnkwɪʃ], \ɹɪlˈɪnkwɪʃ], \ɹ_ɪ_l_ˈɪ_n_k_w_ɪ_ʃ]\
Definitions of RELINQUISH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
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part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
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release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"
By Princeton University
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turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
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part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.
By Oddity Software
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To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.
By Noah Webster.
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To retire from; to give up using or having; leave; as, to relinquish one's position; to cease to demand; surrender; as, to relinquish a claim.
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Relinquishment.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Daniel Lyons
