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verb (used with object)
1.
to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
2.
to give up; put aside or desist from: to relinquish a plan.
3.
to let go; release: to relinquish one's hold.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English relinquissen, relinquisshen < Middle French relinquiss-, long stem of relinquir ≪ Latin relinquere to leave behind, equivalent to re- re- + linquere to leave (akin to lend)
1425–75; late Middle English relinquissen, relinquisshen < Middle French relinquiss-, long stem of relinquir ≪ Latin relinquere to leave behind, equivalent to re- re- + linquere to leave (akin to lend)
Related forms
re·lin·quish·er, noun
re·lin·quish·ment, noun
non·re·lin·quish·ment, noun
un·re·lin·quished, adjective
un·re·lin·quish·ing, adjective
Synonyms
2. yield, cede, waive, forego, abdicate, leave, quit, forswear, desert, resign. See abandon1.
2. yield, cede, waive, forego, abdicate, leave, quit, forswear, desert, resign. See abandon1.
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Example Sentences
- When a president pardons individuals who voluntarily relinquished their citizenship, it is a blot on the office of the president.
- Freedom gained cannot be relinquished easily but so too the miseries that come tied with the liberation.
- I've located the woman who gave birth to me and then relinquished me for adoption.
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Word Origin & History
relinquish
1472, from M.Fr. relinquiss-, prp. stem of relinquir (12c.), from L. relinquere "leave behind, forsake, abandon, give up," from re- "back" + linquere "to leave," from PIE *linkw-, from base *leikw- "to leave behind" (cf. Skt. reknas "inheritance, wealth," rinakti "leaves;" Gk. leipein "to leave;" Goth.
EXPANDleihvan, O.E. lænan "to lend;" O.H.G. lihan "to borrow;" O.N. lan "loan").
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