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Textual thesaurus for "relinquish"

(verb) let go, let go of, release

release, as from one's grip

Let go of the door handle, please!; relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall


(verb) foreswear, renounce, quit

turn away from; give up

I am foreswearing women forever


(verb) give up, free, release, resign

part with a possession or right

I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest; resign a claim to the throne


(verb) dispense with, waive, forego, foreswear, forgo

do without or cease to hold or adhere to

We are dispensing with formalities; relinquish the old ideas