"relinquish" meaning in English

See relinquish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ] Audio: en-us-relinquish.ogg [US] Forms: relinquish [canonical], relinquishes [third-person, singular], relinquished [past], relinquished [past, participle], relinquishing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|relinquish|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you relinquish something, you give up or retire from something voluntarily.
    Sense id: simple-relinquish-en-verb-f6DLmY6m
     
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