RELINQUISH, RELINQUISHMENT
NOUNS
► DEMISSION the act of putting away or letting go from oneself, giving up, or laying down, especially a dignity or office; resignation, relinquishment, abdication → 1577
VERBS
► DERELINQUE to relinquish utterly, forsake, abandon → 1623 obs.
► DERELINQUISH to relinquish utterly, forsake, abandon → a1631 obs.
► JACK to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work → 1873 Eng. dial.
► JAG to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work → 1873 Eng. dial.
► QUAT ► QUATE to leave, to depart from; to forsake; to relinquish, to give up, to let go → 1714 Sc.
► TO-LEAVE to relinquish, to abandon → 1432-50 obs.
► WAIVE to cast aside, to relinquish, to forsake the truth, one’s faith or god, a state or condition, etc. → 1303 obs.
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