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Synonyms for relinquish
rɪˈlɪŋ kwɪʃre·lin·quish

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.6 / 5 votes

  1. relinquish

    Abandon is a word of wide signification, applying to persons or things of any kind; abdicate and resign apply to office, authority, or power; cede to territorial possessions; surrender especially to military force, and more generally to any demand, claim, passion, etc. Quit carries an idea of suddenness or abruptness not necessarily implied in abandon, and may not have the same suggestion of finality. The king abdicates his throne, cedes his territory, deserts his followers, renounces his religion, relinquishes his titles, abandons his designs. A cowardly officer deserts his ship; the helpless passengers abandon it. We quit business, give up property, resign office, abandon a habit or a trust. Relinquish commonly implies reluctance; the fainting hand relinquishes its grasp; the creditor relinquishes his claim. Abandon implies previous association with responsibility for or control of; forsake implies previous association with inclination or attachment, real or assumed; a man may abandon or forsake house or friends; he abandons an enterprise; forsakes God. Abandon is applied to both good and evil action; a thief abandons his designs, a man his principles. Forsake, like abandon, may be used either in the favorable or unfavorable sense; desert is always unfavorable, involving a breach of duty, except when used of mere localities; as, "the Deserted Village." While a monarch abdicates, a president or other elected or appointed officer resigns. It was held that James II. abdicated his throne by deserting it.

    Synonyms:
    abandon, abdicate, abjure, cast off, cease, cede, depart from, desert, discontinue, forego, forsake, forswear, give up, leave, quit, recant, renounce, repudiate, resign, retire from, retract, surrender, vacate, withdraw from

    Antonyms:
    adopt, advocate, assert, cherish, claim, court, defend, favor, haunt, hold, keep, maintain, occupy, prosecute, protect, pursue, retain, seek, support, undertake, uphold, vindicate

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. relinquish

    Synonyms:
    resign, leave, quit, forsake, abandon, desert, renounce, give up, lay aside, cede, forego, repudiate, surrender, discontinue

    Antonyms:
    frieze, retain, assume, enforce, vindicate, assert, maintain, prosecute, defend, continue

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. release, relinquish, resign, free, give upverb

    part with a possession or right

    "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"

    Synonyms:
    unloosen, unfreeze, allow, unloose, abandon, drop by the wayside, expel, vacate, cede, free, release, resign, forgo, stop, drop out, unblock, rid, kick, exhaust, liberate, publish, surrender, disembarrass, fall by the wayside, lay off, waive, put out, reconcile, let go of, dispense with, exempt, give up, throw overboard, forfeit, justify, absolve, leave office, spare, relieve, secrete, throw in the towel, deliver, cease, let go, renounce, dislodge, bring out, discontinue, discharge, issue, step down, chuck up the sponge, submit, disengage, turn, eject, part with, throw in, forego, quit, foreswear, loose

  2. waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense withverb

    do without or cease to hold or adhere to

    "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"

    Synonyms:
    quit, foreswear, predate, antedate, spare, dispense with, part with, release, throw overboard, renounce, forego, give up, waive, let go, let go of, resign, forgo, forfeit, antecede, precede, free

  3. foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquishverb

    turn away from; give up

    "I am foreswearing women forever"

    Synonyms:
    drop by the wayside, discontinue, foreswear, throw in, disown, chuck up the sponge, leave office, fall by the wayside, cease, vacate, let go of, lay off, dispense with, drop out, step down, take leave, renounce, forego, give up, waive, let go, release, resign, forgo, depart, free, stop, throw in the towel, abdicate, quit, repudiate

  4. let go of, let go, release, relinquishverb

    release, as from one's grip

    "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"

    Synonyms:
    turn, exhaust, quit, unloose, foreswear, unloosen, unblock, unfreeze, liberate, forego, dispense with, expel, free, discharge, release, secrete, waive, renounce, put out, give up, loose, let go, let go of, resign, forgo, publish, bring out, issue, eject

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. relinquishverb

    Synonyms:
    leave, quit, forsake, desert, renounce, forswear, abandon, cast off, give over, withdraw from

  2. relinquishverb

    Synonyms:
    surrender, cede, yield, resign, abdicate, forego, deliver up, give up, part with, lay down, lay aside

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. relinquishverb

    Synonyms:
    surrender, waive, forego, renounce, cede, abandon, desert

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "relinquish":

    renounce, abandon, waive, forego, forgo, abdicate, surrender, cede

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#42606renounce
#47832forsake
#49362forgo
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#74511absolve
#77208dislodge
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#94947predate
#111844disown
#128134recant
#168989unfreeze
#212527abjure
#249199forswear
#281138antedate

How to use relinquish in a sentence?

  1. Seneca:

    The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.

  2. Jean Cocteau:

    If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it.

  3. Bryant McGill, Stanford Lectures on Poetry, 1990:

    In order to deserve, we must pay our dues and steadily work for perfection. We must relish in struggle, and relinquish pride. We must dispel fear and seek enlightenment. We must shun division and honor love. We must know our hearts and seek to understand others. We must try, live, create, feel, grow and love.

  4. Vanna Bonta:

    As the author of a work, I don't relinquish author-ity to just any critic, particularly not to people whose work I've not read or don't respect; those biased by envy are the least relevant, and grounded grammarians who strangle or sterilize under a banner of superiority are a close second.

  5. Skip Stolz:

    Different people have different views. We believe in a control-based approach that leverages AI but does not relinquish control to AI. As a pilot develops trust, he knows what that aircraft can do and tells it to do something.


Translations for relinquish

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  • يتخلى عنArabic
  • Verzicht leisten, verzichten, überlassen, abtreten, verlassen, aufgebenGerman
  • renunciar, desistirSpanish
  • رها کردنPersian
  • luovuttaa, luopuaFinnish
  • renoncer, abandonnerFrench
  • abbandonare, consegnare, ritirarsi, desistere, liberare, rinunciare, rilasciare, ritirare, lasciare andare, consegnarsi, cedereItalian
  • לוותרHebrew
  • 포기하다Korean
  • verzaken, opgeven, loslaten, vrijlaten, [[verzaken]] ([[ann]])Dutch
  • å gi oppNorwegian
  • отказыватьсяRussian
  • odstupiti, prepustiti, ustupitiSerbo-Croatian
  • elini çekmek, vazgeçmek, el çekmek, bırakmak, terk etmekTurkish

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