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- Dictionaryre·lin·quish/rəˈliNGkwiSH/
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.
3 meanings: 1. to give up (a task, struggle, etc); abandon 2. to surrender or renounce (a claim, right, etc) 3. to release; let.... Click for more definitions.
to give up something such as a responsibility or claim: He has relinquished his claim to the throne. She relinquished control of the family investments to her son. to unwillingly stop holding or keeping something: She relinquished her hold / grip on the steering wheel. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Stop having or doing something.
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.
to stop having something, especially when this happens unwillingly synonym give something up. relinquish something He was forced to relinquish control of the company. They had relinquished all hope that she was alive. I relinquished her hand (= stopped holding it) and stood up.
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.
