1. A verbal act of renouncing a claim, right or position etc.
   "The general's relinquishing of command marked the end of an era";
   - relinquishment
    
2. The act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.
   "The relinquishing of her claim to the throne changed the course of history";
   - relinquishment

1. Part with a possession or right
   "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest";
   - release, resign, free, give up
    
2. Turn away from; give up
   "He relinquished his claim to the throne";
   - foreswear, renounce, quit
    
3. Set aside or refrain from enforcing (a rule, requirement, or formality)
   "relinquish the old ideas";
   - waive, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with
    
4. Stop holding on to; allow to move
   "relinquish your grip on the rope — you won't fall";
   - let go of, let go, release

Type of: abandon, act, conclusion, ending, give, give up, hand, move, pass, pass on, reach, renouncement, renunciation, termination, turn over

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