relinquish
verbEtymology
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”).
- derived from relinquo
- derived from relinquir
- inherited from relinquisshen
Definitions
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
To let go (free, away), physically release.
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.
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To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
- The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction.
The neighborhood
- neighbordelict
- neighbordelinquent
- neighbordelinquency
- neighborderelict
- neighborrelic
- neighborrelict
- neighborreliquary
- neighborreliquiae
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.
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.
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