relinquish

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 descends from Latin relinquere, from the prefix re- "again" plus linquere "to leave."

Definitions of relinquish

v turn away from; give up

Synonyms:: foreswear, quit, renounce

Types:: disclaim
renounce a legal claim or title to

Type of:: abandon, give up
give up with the intent of never claiming again

v do without or cease to hold or adhere to

“relinquish the old ideas”

Synonyms:: dispense with, forego, foreswear, forgo, waive

Types:: give up, kick
stop consuming

v part with a possession or right

“I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest”

Synonyms:: free, give up, release, resign

Types:: derequisition
release from government control; give, sacrifice
endure the loss of

Type of:: give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over
place into the hands or custody of

v release, as from one's grip

“relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall”

Synonyms:: let go, let go of, release

Antonyms:: hold, take hold
have or hold in one's hands or grip

Types:: show 16 types...; hide 16 types...; discharge, muster out
release from military service; unclasp
release from a clasp; pop
release suddenly; toggle
release by a toggle switch; unhand
remove the hand from; bring out, let out
bring out of a specific state; unleash
release or vent; let loose, loose, unleash
turn loose or free from restraint; unleash
release from a leash; disengage, withdraw
release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; deactivate
remove from active military status or reassign; demob, demobilise, demobilize
retire from military service; demobilise, demobilize, inactivate
release from military service or remove from the active list of military service; cannon
fire a cannon; uncork
release; unlock
set free or release

v turn away from; give up

v do without or cease to hold or adhere to

v part with a possession or right

v release, as from one's grip

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relinquish

v turn away from; give up

v do without or cease to hold or adhere to

v part with a possession or right

v release, as from one's grip

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