relinquishv.

Brit.

/rᵻˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/, U.S.

/rəˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/,

/riˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/

Forms: late Middle English relenquyssh, late Middle English relinquisshe, late Middle English relinquys, late Middle English relynquyssh, 1500s relinquishe, 1500s relynquishe, 1500s relynquysh, 1500s– relinquish.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French relinquiss-, relinquir.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French relinquiss-, extended stem (compare -ish suffix²) of relinquir, relenquir (in Middle French also relainquir , relinquer , relenquier ) to give up, abandon, relinquish, leave (12th cent. in Old French), to renounce (12th cent.), to give up one's rights over (someone) (13th cent.), to grow tired (1268), to be negligent or slack (c1285 in Anglo-Norman) < classical Latin relinquere to depart from, leave, forsake, abandon, to outstrip, to leave behind, to disregard, ignore, to leave out, omit, to leave untouched, to leave undone, in post-classical Latin also to dismiss, let go (6th cent.) < re- re- prefix + linquere to leave (see linquish v.). Compare Old Occitan relinquir (12th cent.). Compare relinque v.

a. transitive. To give up, abandon, desist from (an idea, action, practice, etc.). Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)]

aswikec975

linOE

beleavec1175

forletc1175

i-swikec1175

restc1175

stutte?c1225

lina1300

blinc1314

to give overc1325

to do wayc1350

stintc1366

finisha1375

leavea1375

yleavec1380

to leave offa1382

refuse1389

ceasec1410

resigna1413

respite?a1439

relinquish1454

surcease1464

discontinue1474

unfill1486

supersede1499

desist1509

to have ado?1515

stop1525

to lay aside1530

stay1538

quata1614

to lay away1628

sist1635

quita1642

to throw up1645

to lay by1709

to come off1715

unbuckle1736

peter1753

to knock off1767

stash1794

estop1796

stow1806

cheese1811

to chuck itc1879

douse1887

nark1889

to stop off1891

stay1894

sling1902

can1906

to lay off1908

to pack in1934

to pack up1934

to turn in1938

to break down1941

to tie a can to (or on)1942

to jack in1948

to wrap it up1949

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > give up a habit or practice [verb (transitive)]

leaveeOE

forsakec1175

waive1340

twinc1386

refuse1389

to set aside1426

relinquish1454

abuse1471

renouncec1480

disaccustom1483

to break from1530

to lay aside1530

disprofess1590

dropa1616

to set bya1674

decline1679

unpractise?1680

slough1845

shake1872

sluff1934

kick1936

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

1454 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1911) K. 364 (MED) Þe same suter..be comaunded..to relinquisshe and withdrawe any suche sute or accion.

1496 J. Alcock Mons Perfeccionis (de Worde) sig. dij Who so euer professith relygion & he..not relinquisshith his owne wyll [etc.].

1539 T. Warley Let. 6 July in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/8/41) f. 58 The busshoppe of Cantorbury..wyllid hym to declare the trothe & to Relinquisshe his opynions.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxv. 168 Touching therefore the signe and Ceremonie of the Crosse, we no way finde our selues bound to relinquish it.

1667 S. Pepys Diary 21 Jan. (1974) VIII. 23 He might be got to our side and relinquish the trouble he may give us.

1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. i. 39 When will you relinquish delusive pursuits?

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xviii. 109 Alarmed by this intelligence, he hastily relinquished the siege.

1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 43 Every hope of recovery was abandoned, and her physician relinquished his attendance.

1834 H. Martineau Demerara (new ed.) ix. 123 The absent brother and sister were less willing to relinquish the hope of return.

1859 C. Dickens Let. 16 Nov. (1997) IX. 163 I altogether abandon and relinquish the idea.

1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl iv. vi. 352 She, like Toppie, had drunk tears night after night..and she, like Toppie, was built up again... For had she, too, not relinquished?

1968 Philosophy 43 10 He would seem to have relinquished the notion of self-education as the first part of morality.

1999 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide I. i. 119/1 The Sorbs are a Slav minority around Bautzen in the southwest, long pressured to relinquish their culture.

b. transitive. To leave to another to deal with.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)] > commit to another to deal with

relinquish1547

repose?1548

post1563

relegate1869

1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. Pref. f. vi Wherfore I do omyt and leue out many thynges relynquyshynge that I haue omytted to doctours of high iudgement.

1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church iii. 14 The externall regiment of the Church, the Lord declined whiles he liued here, and relinquished to others as a thing meeter for the sonnes of men, then for the sonne of God.

1654 P. Heylyn Theologia Veterum i. ii. 19 Let us relinquish to Astronomers a more exact discourse of the Stars and Planets.

1789 D. Rittenhouse tr. G. E. Lessing Lucy Sampson ii. vii. 30 Your punishment must be relinquished to some ignominious hand.

1803 J. Aikin et al. Gen. Biogr. IV. 206/1 Relinquishing to others the care of [his children's]..education and welfare, he became a member of the society of Jesus in 1548.

1843 Pennsylvania Jrnl. Prison Discipline & Philanthropy 1 226 The nature of the revelations these inquiries brought to light obliged me to relinquish the work to those whose more immediate duty it is to bring about a reformation.

1893 Times 28 May 11/4 The Church..must relinquish the task to the State and to the compulsory principle.

1973 Business Hist. Rev. 47 285 After service of a year in charge of construction, James J. Hill relinquished the task to a man of his own choice.

2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 June 49/4 Eisner..relinquished much of the work on these episodes to Jules Feiffer, who wrote the scripts and plotted them in rough sketches.

c. transitive. To withdraw support from (a candidate). rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > reject > deselect or withdraw support from

relinquisha1797

deselect1968

a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1822) I. 388 He..offered to omit the primate, provided Lord Kildare would..offer to relinquish the Speaker too.

1872 Chicago Tribune 19 Apr. 4/7 A very large portion of the intellectual and reputable Republican vote, which might otherwise hesitate about relinquishing the candidate of the Philadelphia Convention.

1987 Inter Press Service (Nexis) 10 June If neither Venezuela nor Saudi Arabia can be persuaded to relinquish their candidates, the remaining possibilities are those of finding a compromise candidate.., or abiding by the current status quo.

2. transitive. To withdraw from, abandon, give up (a person or occasionally an animal).

ΘΚΠ

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 or deny a person

forsakea1300

refusec1350

nitec1390

swerve1390

relinquish1472

relinque1483

renounce1582

to fling off1587

derelicta1631

relapse1633

plant1743

to throw over1835

chuck up (the sponge)1878

ditch1899

ruck1903

to run out on1912

to walk out1921

squib1938

1472–3 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §22. m. 26 He myght have enjoyed his lyvelode and goodes, yf he wold have relinquyst and departed fro youre moost noble persone.

c1500 Melusine (1895) 262 That he was not parfytte frend, who that relenquysshed hys cousyn at hys nede.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxviij The erle of Warwicke..was now aduised by the Marques his brother, to relynquishe his horse.

1549 Forme & Maner consecratyng Archebishoppes sig. C.iij I from hencefurthe shall vtterly renounce, refuse, relinquishe, and forsake the Bishop of Rome.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 10 To be relinquisht of the Artists,..Of all the learned and authenticke fellowes..That gaue him out incureable.

1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad vi. lxxxii. 132 Why, in the Close, doest thou relinquish us? Why, throw us off, after such scapes as These.

1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. vi. 271 He had first relinquisht, then extinguisht Edmund.

a1720 J. Brereton Poems (1744) 54 Amuse yourself among the Fair; Where for one Moggy you distinguish, You vow you'd all the Sex relinquish.

a1796 R. Burns Jolly Beggars (1799) 10 He swoor..To speet him like a pliver, Unless he wou'd from that time forth, Relinquish her for ever.

1842 R. H. Wilde Conjectures & Res. Torquato Tasso I. iv. 122 She continued to be ‘his lady’ in 1570, and he could not have relinquished her in 1569.

1866 Quiver 17 Mar. 406/2 Loth was he, no doubt, to relinquish him whom he had just snatched from such an awful bondage.

1911 Los Angeles Times 21 Dec. ii. 1/2 With the young American naval man of her own choice standing beside her, she cried..that though her life pay the penalty she would not relinquish him.

2008 Chicago Tribune 21 Feb. (Midwest Final ed.) ii. 7/4 [She]..relinquished a daughter for adoption 40 years ago and still grieves that decision.

3. transitive. To give up, resign, surrender (a possession, right, etc.). Also with to.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)]

forsakec893

forlet971

to reach upOE

agiveOE

yield?c1225

uptake1297

up-yield1297

yield1297

deliverc1300

to-yielda1375

overgivec1384

grant1390

forbeara1400

livera1400

forgoc1400

upgive1415

permit1429

quit1429

renderc1436

relinquish1479

abandonc1485

to hold up?1499

enlibertyc1500

surrender1509

cess1523

relent1528

to cast up?1529

resignate1531

uprender1551

demit1563

disclaim1567

to fling up1587

to give up1589

quittance1592

vail1593

enfeoff1598

revoke1599

to give off1613

disownc1620

succumb1632

abdicate1633

delinquish1645

discount1648

to pass away1650

to turn off1667

choke1747

to jack up1870

chuck up (the sponge)1878

chuckc1879

unget1893

sling1902

to jack in1948

punt1966

to-leave-

1479 Earl Rivers tr. Cordyal (Caxton) iii. iii Riche and myghty folkes were conuerted by his predicacion, and relinquisshed alle their worldly richesses.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccclvj^v They wyll not relinquishe theyr Byshoprike.

1566 J. Barthlet Pedegrewe Heretiques f. 29 In the case of the Decretall the woman consented to relinquishe the right.

1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 30 The english Lords..placed Irish Tenants vppon the Landes relinquished by the English.

1683 Britanniæ Speculum 129 King Lucius..is said to have relinquished his Crown, and passed over into Bavaria.

a1727 I. Newton Short. Chron. 1st Memory in Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) 36 Sabacon, after a Reign of 50 years, relinquishes Egypt to his son.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. i. i. 5 The Deanery, indeed, she was obliged to relinquish.

1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) X. 565 They know my disinclination to relinquish the command.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 202 He consented..to relinquish a large part of the territory which his armies had occupied.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §5. 517 An offer to relinquish ship-money failed to draw Parliament from its resolve.

1920 S. Webb & B. Webb Hist. Trade Unionism 366 By ‘contracting out’ was meant an arrangement between employer and employed by which the latter relinquish the rights conferred upon them by the Act.

1975 Countryman Autumn 43 Retrenchment was essential and the two farms my father had rented for my elder brothers had to be relinquished.

2001 A. Taylor Death's Own Door (2002) xxxviii. 284 Yes, most men have retired by the time they have reached his age. I daresay he will soon consider relinquishing some of his responsibilities.

†4. transitive. To leave behind; (also) to leave in a specified condition. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > leave (behind)

let971

beleavec1175

forletc1200

agoc1275

to leave behindc1330

relinquish1548

the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > leave (behind) > in fleeing

relinquish1548

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lx Thei within could haue no way out ether to inuade their enemies (or if they could) to depart and relinquishe their fortresse and cytie.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 53 Thee Pheacan turrets foorth with from sight we relinquish [L. absondimus].

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. Apol. Chirurgians f. 51/1 All diseases..relinquish some badde reliques in the parte, wherthrough they may the easyer returne agayne.

1679 J. Smith Narr. Popish-plot Ded. sig. B^v To render your People happy while you live, and relinquish them safe when you dye.

5. transitive. To cancel, annul (a legal document). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)]

fordoOE

allayOE

withdrawc1290

withclepe13..

again-callc1390

to call againc1390

repealc1390

revokec1400

unmakec1400

rive1415

annulc1425

abroge1427

uncommandc1430

discharge?a1439

retreatc1443

retract1501

cancela1513

abrogate?1520

dissolve1526

extinct1531

rescind1531

abrenounce1537

infringe1543

recall1565

unwrite1577

extinguish1590

exauctorate1593

relinquish1594

unact1594

to strike off1597

undecide1601

unpass1606

to take off1609

to draw back1610

reclaim1615

to put back1616

abrenunciate1618

unrip1622

supersedeate1641

to set off1642

unassure1643

unorder1648

to ask away1649

disdetermine1651

unbespeak1661

undecree1667

reassumea1675

off-break1702

circumduct1726

raise1837

resiliate1838

denounce1841

disorder1852

pull1937

1594 W. West Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. ii. Chancerie §118 [He] doth threaten your foresaid Orator, that he may at his pleasure relinquish and disanull the beforesaid last Will and Testament.

1786 App. India Courier Extraordinary I. 189 If the Surgeon General shall not consent to relinquish the contract, nor actually cancel the deed..forbear to pay him any other salary or emolument on the Company's account.

1819 W. Johnson Rep. Court of Chancery N.-Y. 3 14 The deed of the 7th of February, 1811, if of any force, was relinquished and annulled by the mutual consent of the parties.

1858 Amer. Railway Times 20 Feb. 2/2 They made arrangements with the contractors to relinquish and annul the contract.

1938 Proc. 29th Ann. Convent. Rotary Internat. 505 Their membership was officially terminated as of the 18th of March, 1938, and their charters relinquished and voided.

†6. intransitive. To disappear, pass away. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > be or become invisible [verb (intransitive)] > vanish or disappear

formeltc893

wendOE

witea1000

aworthc1000

fleec1200

fleetc1200

withdraw1297

vanish1303

voidc1374

unkithea1400

startc1405

disappearc1425

disparishc1425

to fall awayc1443

evanish?a1475

vade1495

sinka1500

vade1530

fly1535

fadea1538

melt?1567

dispear1600

relinquish1601

foist1603

dispersea1616

to vanish (melt, etc.) into thin aira1616

dissipate1626

retire1647

evaporate1713

merge1802

illude1820

to foam off1826

dislimn1833

furl1844

to step out1844

evanesce1855

shade1880

wisp1883

to go to the winds1884

walk1898

to do a disappearing act1913

to go west1916

to do (or take) a fade1949

to phase out1970

1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iv. i. sig. G3 Ile ensure you, they will all relinquish; they cannot endure aboue another yeere.

7. transitive. To relieve (a person) of an obligation, fear, etc.Rare before the mid 20th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)]

freeeOE

letc1000

alithOE

areim-ena1250

alaskic1300

fritha1325

loose1340

unfetterc1374

to let goc1384

releasec1384

freitha1400

to let farea1400

assoil1401

remit1467

affranchise1477

resplaitc1531

discussa1542

freedom1548

to set (go, walk, etc.) free1609

re-enfranchise1611

unhook1611

unloose1614

liberate1623

disenfranchise1626

assert1638

relinquish1671

uncork1749

unfankle1824

1671 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 503 He did relinquish him of his promise of sending any land forces.

1687 R. L'Estrange tr. M. de Cervantes in Spanish Decameron 102 Then Marcellus imbraced Francisco, and the Duke, Don Bernardo, returning then thanks for this happy News, and relinquishing them of their Fears.

1974 O. B. Egbuna Emperor of Sea 110 For many moons, I have prayed that a man will turn up who will relinquish me of that burden.

1981 Atlanta (Georgia) Daily World 19 May 3/6 Several incumbents of the Atlanta City Council are faced with individuals who desire to relinquish them of their duties as legislators of city government.

2007 L. Levitt Amer. Jewish Loss after Holocaust 194 It is as if simply telling another story.., we are somehow letting the Germans off the hook, relinquishing them of responsibility.

a. transitive. To let go of (something held).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > releasing hold > let go (something held or grasped) [verb (transitive)]

beleavea1250

leta1325

to let goc1384

to leave hold1556

to turn loose?1566

quita1586

unhand1603

relinquish1651

unseize1663

unfist1692

to leave go1776

unclasp1868

to loose hold1875

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 94 By and by she [sc. the digestion] relinquisheth (that is precipitates) the pouder, which before she had dissolved under her own acidity.

1769 W. Tooke Loves of Othniel & Achsah II. iv. 40 For the first time, he relinquished thy hand, o fair Chaldean!

1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 300 St. Antony holds in his arms the Infant Christ, whom the Virgin, above, appears to have just relinquished.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. xv. 137 He once more put her hand to his lips, and then relinquished it.

1939 PMLA 54 1173 Rilke was not ready to relinquish his guiding hand while he still felt unsure of himself.

1999 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 4 May a01 On the playground at the wall-ball court, a second-grader holds onto the ball after losing a point. ‘Are you being respectful?’ a classmate asks. The poor sport relinquishes the ball without further prompting.

b. transitive. To release (one's grip, hold, etc.). Also figurative.

ΚΠ

1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World i. xxiv. §28. 39/2 He gave the other part of it [sc. a rope] to four strong men to pull against him; but..he would give them such girds..that..they were forced to relinquish their hold.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. xii. 215 Jones, who had hitherto held this lovely Burthen in his Arms, now relinquished his Hold.

1803 M. Hays Female Biogr. IV. 28 The chill hand of poverty relinquished its grasp.

1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 258 He suddenly relinquished his hold upon my hands and dropped to the sand.

1940 K. Roberts Oliver Wiswell xxv. 223 James relinquished his grip on his chair arm.

1994 Today's Parent Oct. 63/1 It [sc. a bedtime ritual] persuades a preschooler to relinquish her hold on today.

2001 J. T. Hallinan Going up River xiii. 156 The pick slams into the vest with a menacing whunk! and the man relinquishes his grip with a queasy smile.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	relinquish
释义	relinquishv. Brit. /rᵻˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/, U.S. /rəˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/, /riˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/ Forms: late Middle English relenquyssh, late Middle English relinquisshe, late Middle English relinquys, late Middle English relynquyssh, 1500s relinquishe, 1500s relynquishe, 1500s relynquysh, 1500s– relinquish. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French relinquiss-, relinquir. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French relinquiss-, extended stem (compare -ish suffix²) of relinquir, relenquir (in Middle French also relainquir , relinquer , relenquier ) to give up, abandon, relinquish, leave (12th cent. in Old French), to renounce (12th cent.), to give up one's rights over (someone) (13th cent.), to grow tired (1268), to be negligent or slack (c1285 in Anglo-Norman) < classical Latin relinquere to depart from, leave, forsake, abandon, to outstrip, to leave behind, to disregard, ignore, to leave out, omit, to leave untouched, to leave undone, in post-classical Latin also to dismiss, let go (6th cent.) < re- re- prefix + linquere to leave (see linquish v.). Compare Old Occitan relinquir (12th cent.). Compare relinque v. 1. a. transitive. To give up, abandon, desist from (an idea, action, practice, etc.). Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] aswikec975 linOE beleavec1175 forletc1175 i-swikec1175 restc1175 stutte?c1225 lina1300 blinc1314 to give overc1325 to do wayc1350 stintc1366 finisha1375 leavea1375 yleavec1380 to leave offa1382 refuse1389 ceasec1410 resigna1413 respite?a1439 relinquish1454 surcease1464 discontinue1474 unfill1486 supersede1499 desist1509 to have ado?1515 stop1525 to lay aside1530 stay1538 quata1614 to lay away1628 sist1635 quita1642 to throw up1645 to lay by1709 to come off1715 unbuckle1736 peter1753 to knock off1767 stash1794 estop1796 stow1806 cheese1811 to chuck itc1879 douse1887 nark1889 to stop off1891 stay1894 sling1902 can1906 to lay off1908 to pack in1934 to pack up1934 to turn in1938 to break down1941 to tie a can to (or on)1942 to jack in1948 to wrap it up1949 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > give up a habit or practice [verb (transitive)] leaveeOE forsakec1175 waive1340 twinc1386 refuse1389 to set aside1426 relinquish1454 abuse1471 renouncec1480 disaccustom1483 to break from1530 to lay aside1530 disprofess1590 dropa1616 to set bya1674 decline1679 unpractise?1680 slough1845 shake1872 sluff1934 kick1936 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 1454 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1911) K. 364 (MED) Þe same suter..be comaunded..to relinquisshe and withdrawe any suche sute or accion. 1496 J. Alcock Mons Perfeccionis (de Worde) sig. dij Who so euer professith relygion & he..not relinquisshith his owne wyll [etc.]. 1539 T. Warley Let. 6 July in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/8/41) f. 58 The busshoppe of Cantorbury..wyllid hym to declare the trothe & to Relinquisshe his opynions. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxv. 168 Touching therefore the signe and Ceremonie of the Crosse, we no way finde our selues bound to relinquish it. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 21 Jan. (1974) VIII. 23 He might be got to our side and relinquish the trouble he may give us. 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. i. 39 When will you relinquish delusive pursuits? 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xviii. 109 Alarmed by this intelligence, he hastily relinquished the siege. 1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 43 Every hope of recovery was abandoned, and her physician relinquished his attendance. 1834 H. Martineau Demerara (new ed.) ix. 123 The absent brother and sister were less willing to relinquish the hope of return. 1859 C. Dickens Let. 16 Nov. (1997) IX. 163 I altogether abandon and relinquish the idea. 1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl iv. vi. 352 She, like Toppie, had drunk tears night after night..and she, like Toppie, was built up again... For had she, too, not relinquished? 1968 Philosophy 43 10 He would seem to have relinquished the notion of self-education as the first part of morality. 1999 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide I. i. 119/1 The Sorbs are a Slav minority around Bautzen in the southwest, long pressured to relinquish their culture. b. transitive. To leave to another to deal with. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)] > commit to another to deal with relinquish1547 repose?1548 post1563 relegate1869 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. Pref. f. vi Wherfore I do omyt and leue out many thynges relynquyshynge that I haue omytted to doctours of high iudgement. 1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church iii. 14 The externall regiment of the Church, the Lord declined whiles he liued here, and relinquished to others as a thing meeter for the sonnes of men, then for the sonne of God. 1654 P. Heylyn Theologia Veterum i. ii. 19 Let us relinquish to Astronomers a more exact discourse of the Stars and Planets. 1789 D. Rittenhouse tr. G. E. Lessing Lucy Sampson ii. vii. 30 Your punishment must be relinquished to some ignominious hand. 1803 J. Aikin et al. Gen. Biogr. IV. 206/1 Relinquishing to others the care of [his children's]..education and welfare, he became a member of the society of Jesus in 1548. 1843 Pennsylvania Jrnl. Prison Discipline & Philanthropy 1 226 The nature of the revelations these inquiries brought to light obliged me to relinquish the work to those whose more immediate duty it is to bring about a reformation. 1893 Times 28 May 11/4 The Church..must relinquish the task to the State and to the compulsory principle. 1973 Business Hist. Rev. 47 285 After service of a year in charge of construction, James J. Hill relinquished the task to a man of his own choice. 2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 June 49/4 Eisner..relinquished much of the work on these episodes to Jules Feiffer, who wrote the scripts and plotted them in rough sketches. c. transitive. To withdraw support from (a candidate). rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > reject > deselect or withdraw support from relinquisha1797 deselect1968 a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1822) I. 388 He..offered to omit the primate, provided Lord Kildare would..offer to relinquish the Speaker too. 1872 Chicago Tribune 19 Apr. 4/7 A very large portion of the intellectual and reputable Republican vote, which might otherwise hesitate about relinquishing the candidate of the Philadelphia Convention. 1987 Inter Press Service (Nexis) 10 June If neither Venezuela nor Saudi Arabia can be persuaded to relinquish their candidates, the remaining possibilities are those of finding a compromise candidate.., or abiding by the current status quo. 2. transitive. To withdraw from, abandon, give up (a person or occasionally an animal). ΘΚΠ 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 or deny a person forsakea1300 refusec1350 nitec1390 swerve1390 relinquish1472 relinque1483 renounce1582 to fling off1587 derelicta1631 relapse1633 plant1743 to throw over1835 chuck up (the sponge)1878 ditch1899 ruck1903 to run out on1912 to walk out1921 squib1938 1472–3 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §22. m. 26 He myght have enjoyed his lyvelode and goodes, yf he wold have relinquyst and departed fro youre moost noble persone. c1500 Melusine (1895) 262 That he was not parfytte frend, who that relenquysshed hys cousyn at hys nede. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxviij The erle of Warwicke..was now aduised by the Marques his brother, to relynquishe his horse. 1549 Forme & Maner consecratyng Archebishoppes sig. C.iij I from hencefurthe shall vtterly renounce, refuse, relinquishe, and forsake the Bishop of Rome. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 10 To be relinquisht of the Artists,..Of all the learned and authenticke fellowes..That gaue him out incureable. 1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad vi. lxxxii. 132 Why, in the Close, doest thou relinquish us? Why, throw us off, after such scapes as These. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. vi. 271 He had first relinquisht, then extinguisht Edmund. a1720 J. Brereton Poems (1744) 54 Amuse yourself among the Fair; Where for one Moggy you distinguish, You vow you'd all the Sex relinquish. a1796 R. Burns Jolly Beggars (1799) 10 He swoor..To speet him like a pliver, Unless he wou'd from that time forth, Relinquish her for ever. 1842 R. H. Wilde Conjectures & Res. Torquato Tasso I. iv. 122 She continued to be ‘his lady’ in 1570, and he could not have relinquished her in 1569. 1866 Quiver 17 Mar. 406/2 Loth was he, no doubt, to relinquish him whom he had just snatched from such an awful bondage. 1911 Los Angeles Times 21 Dec. ii. 1/2 With the young American naval man of her own choice standing beside her, she cried..that though her life pay the penalty she would not relinquish him. 2008 Chicago Tribune 21 Feb. (Midwest Final ed.) ii. 7/4 [She]..relinquished a daughter for adoption 40 years ago and still grieves that decision. 3. transitive. To give up, resign, surrender (a possession, right, etc.). Also with to. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] forsakec893 forlet971 to reach upOE agiveOE yield?c1225 uptake1297 up-yield1297 yield1297 deliverc1300 to-yielda1375 overgivec1384 grant1390 forbeara1400 livera1400 forgoc1400 upgive1415 permit1429 quit1429 renderc1436 relinquish1479 abandonc1485 to hold up?1499 enlibertyc1500 surrender1509 cess1523 relent1528 to cast up?1529 resignate1531 uprender1551 demit1563 disclaim1567 to fling up1587 to give up1589 quittance1592 vail1593 enfeoff1598 revoke1599 to give off1613 disownc1620 succumb1632 abdicate1633 delinquish1645 discount1648 to pass away1650 to turn off1667 choke1747 to jack up1870 chuck up (the sponge)1878 chuckc1879 unget1893 sling1902 to jack in1948 punt1966 to-leave- 1479 Earl Rivers tr. Cordyal (Caxton) iii. iii Riche and myghty folkes were conuerted by his predicacion, and relinquisshed alle their worldly richesses. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccclvj^v They wyll not relinquishe theyr Byshoprike. 1566 J. Barthlet Pedegrewe Heretiques f. 29 In the case of the Decretall the woman consented to relinquishe the right. 1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 30 The english Lords..placed Irish Tenants vppon the Landes relinquished by the English. 1683 Britanniæ Speculum 129 King Lucius..is said to have relinquished his Crown, and passed over into Bavaria. a1727 I. Newton Short. Chron. 1st Memory in Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) 36 Sabacon, after a Reign of 50 years, relinquishes Egypt to his son. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. i. i. 5 The Deanery, indeed, she was obliged to relinquish. 1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) X. 565 They know my disinclination to relinquish the command. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 202 He consented..to relinquish a large part of the territory which his armies had occupied. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §5. 517 An offer to relinquish ship-money failed to draw Parliament from its resolve. 1920 S. Webb & B. Webb Hist. Trade Unionism 366 By ‘contracting out’ was meant an arrangement between employer and employed by which the latter relinquish the rights conferred upon them by the Act. 1975 Countryman Autumn 43 Retrenchment was essential and the two farms my father had rented for my elder brothers had to be relinquished. 2001 A. Taylor Death's Own Door (2002) xxxviii. 284 Yes, most men have retired by the time they have reached his age. I daresay he will soon consider relinquishing some of his responsibilities. †4. transitive. To leave behind; (also) to leave in a specified condition. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > leave (behind) let971 beleavec1175 forletc1200 agoc1275 to leave behindc1330 relinquish1548 the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > leave (behind) > in fleeing relinquish1548 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lx Thei within could haue no way out ether to inuade their enemies (or if they could) to depart and relinquishe their fortresse and cytie. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 53 Thee Pheacan turrets foorth with from sight we relinquish [L. absondimus]. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. Apol. Chirurgians f. 51/1 All diseases..relinquish some badde reliques in the parte, wherthrough they may the easyer returne agayne. 1679 J. Smith Narr. Popish-plot Ded. sig. B^v To render your People happy while you live, and relinquish them safe when you dye. 5. transitive. To cancel, annul (a legal document). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)] fordoOE allayOE withdrawc1290 withclepe13.. again-callc1390 to call againc1390 repealc1390 revokec1400 unmakec1400 rive1415 annulc1425 abroge1427 uncommandc1430 discharge?a1439 retreatc1443 retract1501 cancela1513 abrogate?1520 dissolve1526 extinct1531 rescind1531 abrenounce1537 infringe1543 recall1565 unwrite1577 extinguish1590 exauctorate1593 relinquish1594 unact1594 to strike off1597 undecide1601 unpass1606 to take off1609 to draw back1610 reclaim1615 to put back1616 abrenunciate1618 unrip1622 supersedeate1641 to set off1642 unassure1643 unorder1648 to ask away1649 disdetermine1651 unbespeak1661 undecree1667 reassumea1675 off-break1702 circumduct1726 raise1837 resiliate1838 denounce1841 disorder1852 pull1937 1594 W. West Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. ii. Chancerie §118 [He] doth threaten your foresaid Orator, that he may at his pleasure relinquish and disanull the beforesaid last Will and Testament. 1786 App. India Courier Extraordinary I. 189 If the Surgeon General shall not consent to relinquish the contract, nor actually cancel the deed..forbear to pay him any other salary or emolument on the Company's account. 1819 W. Johnson Rep. Court of Chancery N.-Y. 3 14 The deed of the 7th of February, 1811, if of any force, was relinquished and annulled by the mutual consent of the parties. 1858 Amer. Railway Times 20 Feb. 2/2 They made arrangements with the contractors to relinquish and annul the contract. 1938 Proc. 29th Ann. Convent. Rotary Internat. 505 Their membership was officially terminated as of the 18th of March, 1938, and their charters relinquished and voided. †6. intransitive. To disappear, pass away. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > be or become invisible [verb (intransitive)] > vanish or disappear formeltc893 wendOE witea1000 aworthc1000 fleec1200 fleetc1200 withdraw1297 vanish1303 voidc1374 unkithea1400 startc1405 disappearc1425 disparishc1425 to fall awayc1443 evanish?a1475 vade1495 sinka1500 vade1530 fly1535 fadea1538 melt?1567 dispear1600 relinquish1601 foist1603 dispersea1616 to vanish (melt, etc.) into thin aira1616 dissipate1626 retire1647 evaporate1713 merge1802 illude1820 to foam off1826 dislimn1833 furl1844 to step out1844 evanesce1855 shade1880 wisp1883 to go to the winds1884 walk1898 to do a disappearing act1913 to go west1916 to do (or take) a fade1949 to phase out1970 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iv. i. sig. G3 Ile ensure you, they will all relinquish; they cannot endure aboue another yeere. View more context for this quotation 7. transitive. To relieve (a person) of an obligation, fear, etc.Rare before the mid 20th cent. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] freeeOE letc1000 alithOE areim-ena1250 alaskic1300 fritha1325 loose1340 unfetterc1374 to let goc1384 releasec1384 freitha1400 to let farea1400 assoil1401 remit1467 affranchise1477 resplaitc1531 discussa1542 freedom1548 to set (go, walk, etc.) free1609 re-enfranchise1611 unhook1611 unloose1614 liberate1623 disenfranchise1626 assert1638 relinquish1671 uncork1749 unfankle1824 1671 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 503 He did relinquish him of his promise of sending any land forces. 1687 R. L'Estrange tr. M. de Cervantes in Spanish Decameron 102 Then Marcellus imbraced Francisco, and the Duke, Don Bernardo, returning then thanks for this happy News, and relinquishing them of their Fears. 1974 O. B. Egbuna Emperor of Sea 110 For many moons, I have prayed that a man will turn up who will relinquish me of that burden. 1981 Atlanta (Georgia) Daily World 19 May 3/6 Several incumbents of the Atlanta City Council are faced with individuals who desire to relinquish them of their duties as legislators of city government. 2007 L. Levitt Amer. Jewish Loss after Holocaust 194 It is as if simply telling another story.., we are somehow letting the Germans off the hook, relinquishing them of responsibility. 8. a. transitive. To let go of (something held). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > releasing hold > let go (something held or grasped) [verb (transitive)] beleavea1250 leta1325 to let goc1384 to leave hold1556 to turn loose?1566 quita1586 unhand1603 relinquish1651 unseize1663 unfist1692 to leave go1776 unclasp1868 to loose hold1875 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 94 By and by she [sc. the digestion] relinquisheth (that is precipitates) the pouder, which before she had dissolved under her own acidity. 1769 W. Tooke Loves of Othniel & Achsah II. iv. 40 For the first time, he relinquished thy hand, o fair Chaldean! 1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 300 St. Antony holds in his arms the Infant Christ, whom the Virgin, above, appears to have just relinquished. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. xv. 137 He once more put her hand to his lips, and then relinquished it. 1939 PMLA 54 1173 Rilke was not ready to relinquish his guiding hand while he still felt unsure of himself. 1999 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 4 May a01 On the playground at the wall-ball court, a second-grader holds onto the ball after losing a point. ‘Are you being respectful?’ a classmate asks. The poor sport relinquishes the ball without further prompting. b. transitive. To release (one's grip, hold, etc.). Also figurative. ΚΠ 1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World i. xxiv. §28. 39/2 He gave the other part of it [sc. a rope] to four strong men to pull against him; but..he would give them such girds..that..they were forced to relinquish their hold. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. xii. 215 Jones, who had hitherto held this lovely Burthen in his Arms, now relinquished his Hold. 1803 M. Hays Female Biogr. IV. 28 The chill hand of poverty relinquished its grasp. 1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 258 He suddenly relinquished his hold upon my hands and dropped to the sand. 1940 K. Roberts Oliver Wiswell xxv. 223 James relinquished his grip on his chair arm. 1994 Today's Parent Oct. 63/1 It [sc. a bedtime ritual] persuades a preschooler to relinquish her hold on today. 2001 J. T. Hallinan Going up River xiii. 156 The pick slams into the vest with a menacing whunk! and the man relinquishes his grip with a queasy smile. 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