relinquish

relinquish is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 24 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.
2. transitive verb. To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to relinquish a debt.
3. verb. release, as from one's grip

   "Let go of the door handle, please!"

   "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"

   Synonyms: release

4. verb. turn away from; give up

   "I am foreswearing women forever"

   Synonyms: foreswear, quit, renounce

5. verb. part with a possession or right

   "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"

   "resign a claim to the throne"

   Synonyms: free, release, resign

6. verb. do without or cease to hold or adhere to

   "We are dispensing with formalities"

   "relinquish the old ideas"

   Synonyms: forego, foreswear, forgo, waive

Synonyms

release, foreswear, quit, renounce, free, resign, forego, forgo, waive

Common word forms

relinquished, relinquisher, relinquishes, relinquishing, relinquishment

Words from these letters

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