relinquish
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
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”).
Inflected forms:
form: relinquishes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: relinquishing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: relinquished
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: relinquished
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to relinquish a title
to relinquish property
to relinquish rights
to relinquish citizenship or nationality
relinquish power
With this issue Mr. W. A. Willox regretfully relinquishes the editorship of THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE
gloss: To let go (free, away), physically release.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction.
Related words: delict
delinquent
delinquency
derelict
relic
relict
reliquary
reliquiae
Derived words: derelinquish
relinquishable
relinquisher
relinquishment
unrelinquished
unrelinquishing
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: изоставям
roman: izostavjam
lang: Bulgarian
word: напускам
roman: napuskam
lang: Catalan
word: relinquir
lang: Catalan
word: abandonar
lang: Catalan
word: deixar
lang: Catalan
word: cedir
lang: Catalan
word: renunciar a
lang: Catalan
word: rendir-se
lang: Catalan
word: derelinquir
lang: Dutch
word: opgeven
lang: Dutch
word: loslaten
lang: Dutch
word: verzaken
lang: Dutch
word: afstand doen van
lang: Esperanto
word: abandoni
lang: Finnish
word: luovuttaa
lang: Finnish
word: luopua
lang: French
word: abandonner
lang: French
word: délaisser
lang: French
word: céder
lang: French
word: renoncer à
lang: French
word: relinquir
lang: German
word: verlassen
lang: German
word: aufgeben
lang: German
word: überlassen
lang: Hungarian
word: lemond
lang: Hungarian
word: felad
lang: Irish
word: tabhair suas
lang: Italian
word: abbandonare
lang: Italian
word: lasciare
lang: Italian
word: cedere
lang: Italian
word: rinunciare a
lang: Italian
word: relinquere
lang: Japanese
word: 放棄する
roman: houki suru
lang: Korean
word: 포기하다
roman: pogihada
lang: Latin
word: relinquō
lang: Māori
word: tuku
lang: Norwegian
word: gi opp
lang: Polish
word: porzucać
lang: Portuguese
word: renunciar a
lang: Portuguese
word: abandonar
lang: Portuguese
word: deixar
lang: Portuguese
word: ceder
lang: Portuguese
word: desistir de
lang: Portuguese
word: relinquir
lang: Romanian
word: lepăda
lang: Russian
word: оставлять
roman: ostavljatʹ
lang: Russian
word: отказываться
roman: otkazyvatʹsja
lang: Sanskrit
word: रिणक्ति
roman: riṇakti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prepustiti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: odstupiti
lang: Slovak
word: odstúpiť
lang: Spanish
word: dimitir de
lang: Spanish
word: derrelinquir
lang: Spanish
word: derelinquir
lang: Thai
word: สละ
roman: sà-là
lang: Turkish
word: bırakmak
lang: Turkish
word: el çekmek
lang: Turkish
word: elini çekmek
lang: Turkish
word: vazgeçmek
lang: Turkish
word: feragat etmek
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: براقمق
roman: bırakmak
lang: Bulgarian
word: предавам се
roman: predavam se
lang: Dutch
word: opgeven
lang: Dutch
word: loslaten
lang: Dutch
word: verzaken (ann)
lang: German
word: aufgeben
lang: German
word: abtreten
lang: Hungarian
word: felad
lang: Italian
word: desistere
lang: Italian
word: ritirarsi
lang: Italian
word: ritirare
lang: Portuguese
word: desistir de
lang: Spanish
word: desistir de
lang: Turkish
word: terk etmek
lang: Turkish
word: vazgeçmek