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relinquish

/ɹɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/

relinquish verb: to give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.

Verb

relinquish (third-person singular simple present relinquishes, present participle relinquishing, simple past and past participle relinquished)

  1. (transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
    • to relinquish a title
    • to relinquish property
  2. (transitive) To let go (free, away), physically release.
  3. (transitive) To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
    • But it was the most fleeting of false dawns. Dmitri Yachvilli slotted a penalty from distance after Flood failed to release his man on the deck, and France took a grip they would never relinquish.2011, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France”, in BBC Sport
  4. (transitive) To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
    • The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction.

relinquish meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam

relinquish in Tamil

ஒப்புவித்து விடு, கைதுற, விட்டுவிடு, ஒப்படைத்து விடு, துற

relinquish in Urdu

چھوڑنا, متروک کرنا

relinquish in Telugu

to relinquish, give up, abandon
వర్జించు varjiñcu

relinquish in Malayalam

relinquish
ത്യജിക്കുക tyajikkuka
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relinquish in Kannada
ಬಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಡು, ಬಿಟ್ಟುಬಿಡು, ತ್ಯಜಿಸು, ತೊರೆ
relinquish in Sanskrit
रिणक्ति riṇakti
relinquish in Thai
สละ sà-là

Examples of relinquish in a sentence

  • to relinquish rights
  • to relinquish citizenship or nationality
  • Willox regretfully relinquishes the editorship of THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE1942 February, Railway Magazine, page 62:

All 25 example sentences with relinquish

Forms of relinquish

third-person singular presentrelinquishes
present participlerelinquishing
past participlerelinquished
pastrelinquished

Past tense of relinquish: relinquished

Origin of relinquish

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”).

Words formed from relinquish

Questions about relinquish

What does relinquish mean?
Relinquish means to give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
What is relinquish in Tamil?
Relinquish in Tamil is ஒப்புவித்து விடு, கைதுற, விட்டுவிடு. See Relinquish meaning in Tamil.
How do you use relinquish in a sentence?
to relinquish rights
What part of speech is relinquish?
Relinquish is a verb.
How do you pronounce relinquish?
Relinquish is pronounced /ɹɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/.
What is the past tense of relinquish?
The past tense of relinquish is relinquished.

Words near relinquish in the dictionary

  1. relinking
  2. relinkings
  3. relinks
  4. relinquent
  5. relinquents
  6. relinquish
  7. relinquishable
  8. relinquished
  9. relinquisher
  10. relinquishers
  11. relinquishes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: relinquish (page history and authors); relinquish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); relinquish (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); వర్జించు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ത്യജിക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); relinquish (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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