relinquish

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/

The English word “relinquish” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
To let go (free, away), physically release.
To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
To accept to give up, withdraw etc.

Etymology

From Middle English relinquisshen, from the inflected stem relinquiss- of Middle French relinquir, from Latin relinquere, itself from re- + linquere (“to leave”). Compare also Sanskrit रिणक्ति (riṇakti, “to leave”).

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “relinquish” there

More English words

relinkage
relinker
relinking
relinquent
relinquishable
relinquisher
relinquishment
relipidate

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.