Word: relinquishment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
lin
quish
ment
Definition: The act of relinquishing something.
Morphemes:
Affix: relinquish
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: re-
Language: la
Decoded: re-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: again; prefix added to various words to indicate an action being done again, or like the other usages indicated above under English.
Affix: linquo
Language: la
Decoded: linquo
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I leave, quit, forsake, depart from.
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.