† derelinquishv.
/diːrɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/ Obsolete.
transitive. To relinquish utterly, forsake, abandon.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > desert/renounce a cause, principle, or person
withsayc960
forsakec1175
renayc1300
waive1303
to waive from1303
allayc1330
to fall from ——c1350
relinquish1454
forlesec1460
to give over1477
missake1481
return1483
guerpe1484
abrenounce1537
to turn the back uponc1540
renege1548
forspeak1565
recant1567
reject1574
abnegate1616
abrenunciate1618
derelinque1623
ejurate1623
to give one the backa1624
derelinquisha1631
ejure1642
delinquish1645
desert1654
deviate1757
to give up1970
a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. iv. §6 That it were deadly sinne in him to de-relinquish the Church.
1679 J. Smith Narr. Popish-plot Ded. sig. B That you will not..both desert your Self, and de-relinquish the care of three Kingdoms.
1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 81 This vast continental depression, whose derelinquished space was occupied by water.
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