relinquishverb [ T ]
uk/rɪˈlɪŋ.kwɪʃ/us/rɪˈlɪŋ.kwɪʃ/formalto give up something such as a responsibility or claim:
He has relinquished his claim to the throne.
She relinquished control of the family investments to her son.
to unwillingly stop holding or keeping something:
She relinquished her hold/grip on the steering wheel.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stop having or doing something
- abdicate
- bail out
- bandh
- break with sth
- butt out
- cede
- drop
- fly
- forwent
- ghost
- give (sth) up
- give sb up
- give sth up as a bad job idiom
- give up on sb/sth
- grow
- subjugate
- take a back seat idiom
- throw (sth) up
- throw in the towel idiom 1
- towel
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