relinquish

Meaning of relinquish

verb
  1. To give up, abandon or retire from something. To trade away.
    to relinquish a title
  2. To let go (free, away), physically release.
  3. To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
  4. To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
    The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction

Information about relinquish

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of relinquish

re-lin-quish

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • relinquish is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

relinquish synonyms

Meaning release:

release, resign, free

Meaning surrender:

surrender

Meaning waive:

waive, forgo, foreswear

Meaning foreswear:

foreswear, renounce, quit

Meaning let go of:

release

Words that rhyme with relinquish

beauish, cuish, aguish, anguish, broguish, cataloguish, contradistinguish, counterdistinguish, distinguish, enanguish, extinguish, interdistinguish, languish, misdistinguish, pedagoguish, predistinguish, preextinguish, redistinguish, roguish, subdistinguish, undistinguish, vaguish, voguish, bluish, gluish, cliquish, derelinquish, linquish, mosquish, picturesquish, squish, vanquish, vinquish, truish

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