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- Dictionaryrelinquish/rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/
verb
- 1. voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up: "he relinquished his managerial role to become chief executive" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of RELINQUISH is to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind. How to use relinquish in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Relinquish.
RELINQUISH definition: 1. to give up something such as a responsibility or claim: 2. to unwillingly stop holding or…. Learn more.
verb (used with object) to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne. to give up; put aside or desist from: to relinquish a plan. Synonyms: resign, desert, forswear, quit, leave, abdicate, forego, waive, cede, yield. to let go; release: to relinquish one's hold.
Synonyms for RELINQUISH: surrender, render, deliver, cede, transfer, yield, abandon, resign; Antonyms of RELINQUISH: retain, keep, withhold, assume, claim, appropriate, seize, confiscate.
If you relinquish something, you let it go. You relinquish control of the army when you resign as general. You relinquish your plan to sneak into town when your parents find out what's going on. Relinquish is also commonly used to mean physically letting go of something: The monkey wouldn't relinquish its grasp on the banana.
RELINQUISH meaning: 1. to give up something such as a responsibility or claim: 2. to unwillingly stop holding or…. Learn more.
1. To give up or abandon (control of something or a claim, for example). 2. To put aside or desist from (something practiced, professed, or intended); stop doing or adhering to. 3. To let go; surrender: relinquished the lands by treaty. 4. To cease holding physically; release: relinquish a grip.
