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   relinquish

   /rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/

   verb

   • 1. voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up: "he relinquished his managerial role to become chief executive" Similar renouncegive uppart withgive awayhand overturn overlay downlet go ofwaiveresignabdicateyieldcedesurrendersign awayleaveresign fromstand down frombow out ofwalk out ofretire fromgive updepart fromvacatepull out ofabandonabdicateinformal:quitchuckjack inarchaic:forsakediscontinuestopceasegive updropdesist fromavoidsteer clear ofgive a wide berth torejecteschewforswearrefrain fromabstain fromforbear fromforgoinformal:quitleave offkickarchaic:forsakeOpposite keepretaincontinue

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French relinquiss-, lengthened stem of relinquir, from Latin relinquere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + linquere ‘to leave’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. relinquishment noun

   Scrabble Points: 22

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