relinquishingn.

1545 T. Elyot Preseruatiue agaynste Deth sig. Bv The mylke or rather poyson therein conteyned is errour, whiche is the relinquishyng of the true pathe of iustice.

1592 A. Willet Synopsis Papismi i. iv. 157 An apostacie signifieth a relinquishing of the faith, not a departure from the Romane Empire.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xliv. 349 The Gold, Silver, and pretious Stones, are their True Doctrines; and their Refining or Purging, the Relinquishing of their Errors.

1710 J. Davies Bk. for Aged vi. 32 It consists in the Relinquishing of the corrupt Courses Men have formerly been Addicted to.

1776 Monthly Rev. Mar. 231 The relinquishing of our parliamentary claim of internal taxation is, with him, a sine qua non.

1859 G. Browne Hist. Brit. & Foreign Bible Soc. II. ii. 38 The superior importance of such a version, led to the relinquishing of the idea.

1885 Times 9 Feb. 13/3 England acquired the Dutch Gold Coast settlements in 1872 by treaty with Holland (in return for the relinquishing of British claims in Sumatra).

1935 Musical Q. 21 209 The history of music shows a good many examples of..relinquishings of special features taken up again only after the lapse of a century or more.

1975 N.Y. Times 27 Apr. 13/1 This nation of two million is in the midst of an ‘authenticity’ program that includes..the relinquishing of French names for African ones.

2004 H. L. Kessler Seeing Medieval Art ii. 56 The Order of Penitence among Franciscans, which did not require the relinquishing of lay status, allowed diverse forms of interaction.