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(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