verb
- Part with a possession or right.
- usage: "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
- Do without or cease to hold or adhere to.
- usage: "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"
- synonyms: waive, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with
- Turn away from; give up.
- usage: "I am foreswearing women forever"
- Release, as from one's grip.
- usage: "Let go of the door handle, please"; "relinquish your grip on the rope-you won't fall"
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