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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. part with a possession or right;
- Example: "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"
- Example: "resign a claim to the throne"
[syn: release, relinquish, resign, free, give up]

2. do without or cease to hold or adhere to;
- Example: "We are dispensing with formalities"
- Example: "relinquish the old ideas"
[syn: waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with]

3. turn away from; give up;
- Example: "I am foreswearing women forever"
[syn: foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish]

4. release, as from one's grip;
- Example: "Let go of the door handle, please!"
- Example: "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"
[syn: let go of, let go, release, relinquish]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to
      abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.
      [1913 Webster]

            We ought to relinquish such rites.    --Hooker.
      [1913 Webster]

            They placed Irish tenants upon the lands
            relinquished by the English.          --Sir J.
                                                  Davies.
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   2. To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to
      relinquish a debt.
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   Syn: To resign; leave; quit; forsake; abandon; desert;
        renounce; forb?ar; forego. See Resign.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

relinquish
    v 1: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my
         bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to
         the throne" [syn: release, relinquish, resign,
         free, give up]
    2: do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing
       with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" [syn: waive,
       relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense
       with]
    3: turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
       [syn: foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish]
    4: release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle,
       please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"
       [syn: let go of, let go, release, relinquish] [ant:
       hold, take hold]