relinquish
verb/rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/
/rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they relinquish | /rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/ /rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/ |
| he / she / it relinquishes | /rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃɪz/ /rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃɪz/ |
| past simple relinquished | /rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃt/ /rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃt/ |
| past participle relinquished | /rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃt/ /rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃt/ |
| -ing form relinquishing | /rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃɪŋ/ /rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃɪŋ/ |
- 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.
- relinquish something to somebody She relinquished possession of the house to her sister.
Extra Examples- Adrian finally relinquished Eva's hand from his grip.
- She has relinquished the post to her cousin, Sir Edward.
- They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- voluntarily
- finally
- be forced to
- refuse to
- be willing to
- …
- to
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French relinquiss-, lengthened stem of relinquir, from Latin relinquere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + linquere ‘to leave’.Definitions on the go
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