relinquish
to give up, to let go
TRANSLATION
aufgeben, loslassen, preisgeben, überlassen
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"World: South Asia - Bhutan King offers to RELINQUISH powers. The national assembly in Bhutan has been debating proposals submitted by King Jigme Singye Wanchuk which would turn Bhutan into a constitutional monarchy."
(BBC News - 2 July 1998)
(BBC News - 2 July 1998)
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relinquish
meanings:
1. To retire from; give up or abandon.
2. To put aside or desist from (something practiced, professed, or intended).
3. To let go; surrender.
4.To cease holding physically; release: relinquish a grip.
Synonyms: relinquish, yield, resign, abandon, surrender, cede, waive, renounce
These verbs mean letting something go or giving something up.
Relinquish, the least specific, may suggest regret: can't relinquish the idea.
Yield implies giving way, as to pressure, often in the hope that such action will be temporary: had to yield ground.
Resign suggests formal relinquishing (resigned their claim to my land) or acquiescence arising from hopelessness (resigned himself to forgoing his vacation).
Abandon and surrender both imply no expectation of recovering what is given
up; surrender also implies the operation of compulsion or force: abandoned all hope for a resolution; surrendered control of the company.
Cede connotes formal transfer, as of territory: ceded the province to the victorious nation.
Waive implies a voluntary decision to dispense with something, such as a right: waived all privileges.
To renounce is to relinquish formally and usually as a matter of principle: renounced worldly goods.
relinquish
meanings:
1. To retire from; give up or abandon.
2. To put aside or desist from (something practiced, professed, or intended).
3. To let go; surrender.
4.To cease holding physically; release: relinquish a grip.
Synonyms: relinquish, yield, resign, abandon, surrender, cede, waive, renounce
These verbs mean letting something go or giving something up.
Relinquish, the least specific, may suggest regret: can't relinquish the idea.
Yield implies giving way, as to pressure, often in the hope that such action will be temporary: had to yield ground.
Resign suggests formal relinquishing (resigned their claim to my land) or acquiescence arising from hopelessness (resigned himself to forgoing his vacation).
Abandon and surrender both imply no expectation of recovering what is given
up; surrender also implies the operation of compulsion or force: abandoned all hope for a resolution; surrendered control of the company.
Cede connotes formal transfer, as of territory: ceded the province to the victorious nation.
Waive implies a voluntary decision to dispense with something, such as a right: waived all privileges.
To renounce is to relinquish formally and usually as a matter of principle: renounced worldly goods.
