relinquish

verb
/ɹɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *linékʷti Proto-Italic *linkʷō Latin linquō Latin relinquō Old French relenquir Middle French relinquirbor. Middle English relinquisshen English 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”).

  1. derived from relinquo
  2. derived from relinquir
  3. inherited from relinquisshen

Definitions

  1. To give up, abandon or retire from something

    To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.

    • to relinquish a title
    • to relinquish property
    • to relinquish rights
  2. To let go (free, away), physically release.

  3. 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.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. To accept to give up, withdraw etc.

      • The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at relinquish. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at relinquish. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at relinquish

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA