Thesaurus / relinquish
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Officials there told Kaper that mothers who chose anonymity at the time of relinquishing their children couldn’t be revealed, and have denied his requests.
DESPITE MIXED RESULTS, SOUTH ASIAN ADOPTEES TURN TO DNA TESTSBHAVYA DOREOCTOBER 20, 2020QUARTZOn top of this, my ex was able to post false information about me on “liars and cheaters” forums enabled by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which allows digital platforms to relinquish ultimate responsibility over user-posted content.
AMERICA’S BACKWARDS PRIVACY LAWS LEAVE WOMEN VULNERABLEJAKEMETHOCTOBER 12, 2020FORTUNETrusting creators to know their audience and deliver great content means it’s OK for the brand to relinquish a degree of control.
DEEP DIVE: HOW THE SUMMER OF 2020 FORCED BRAND MARKETING TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTERJIM COOPERSEPTEMBER 14, 2020DIGIDAYStill despite some recent forced innovation, journalists in particular can be a symbolic bunch, reticent to relinquish time-honored traditions, processes and language more reminiscent of the inky fingered days when the print product reigned supreme.
THE CLOSURE OF NEWSROOMS IS A SYMBOLIC END OF A PUBLISHING ERALARA O'REILLYAUGUST 18, 2020DIGIDAYWhen an employee walks into a meeting they are relinquishing control.
HOW TO MAKE MEETINGS LESS TERRIBLE (EP. 389 REBROADCAST)STEPHEN J. DUBNERMAY 28, 2020FREAKONOMICSGradually he began to feel a little sheepish, but nevertheless he did not relinquish his desire to break up the service.
THE CHEQUERSJAMES RUNCIMANWas it certain that the united force of all her neighbours would be sufficient to compel her to relinquish her prey?
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYI resolved, rather than act further, to relinquish the handsome payments he made to me from time to time.
THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICOWILLIAM LE QUEUXSeveral instances have proved the people are determined to relinquish the barbarous system of commandoes for stealing cattle.
ROBERT MOFFATDAVID J. DEANEThe men left their floating prisons only to relinquish comfort and to "rough it."
THE BRITISH EXPEDITION TO THE CRIMEAWILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELLWORDS RELATED TO RELINQUISH
- abdicate
- abjure
- abnegate
- abstain from
- apostacize
- arrogate
- cast off
- decline
- defect
- demit
- deny
- desert
- disavow
- discard
- disclaim
- disown
- divorce oneself from
- drop out
- dump
- eschew
- forgo
- forsake
- forswear
- give up
- leave flat
- leave off
- opt out
- quit
- rat
- recant
- relinquish
- repudiate
- resign
- sell out
- spurn
- swear off
- take the pledge
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- throw off
- throw over
- toss over
- turn
- waive
- walk out on
- wash hands of
- abandon
- abdicate
- bail out
- bow out
- capitulate
- cease work
- cede
- demit
- divorce oneself from
- drop
- drop out
- end service
- fold
- forgo
- forsake
- give notice
- give up the ship
- hand in resignation
- hand over
- hang it up
- leave
- quit
- relinquish
- renounce
- retire
- secede
- separate oneself from
- sign off
- stand aside
- stand down
- step down
- surrender
- terminate
- throw in the towel
- turn over
- vacate
- waive
- walk out
- wash hands of
- yield
- absent oneself
- decamp
- deny oneself
- depart
- draw back
- ebb
- exit
- fall back
- get away
- get off
- give ground
- give up work
- give way
- go
- go away
- go to bed
- go to one's room
- go to sleep
- hand over
- hit the sack
- leave service
- make vacant
- part
- pull back
- pull out
- recede
- regress
- relinquish
- remove
- repeal
- rescind
- resign
- retreat
- revoke
- run along
- rusticate
- secede
- seclude oneself
- separate
- sever connections
- stop working
- surrender
- take off
- turn in
- withdraw
- yield
- abandon
- avoid
- back
- back away
- back down
- back off
- back out
- backtrack
- beat it
- cave in
- decamp
- depart
- disengage
- draw back
- ebb
- elude
- escape
- evacuate
- evade
- fall back
- fold
- give ground
- go
- go along with
- go back
- hand over
- hide
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- lay down
- leave
- move back
- opt out
- pull out
- quail
- quit
- recede
- recoil
- reel
- regress
- relinquish
- resign
- retire
- retrocede
- retrograde
- reverse
- run
- seclude oneself
- sequester
- shrink
- start back
- turn tail
- vacate
- withdraw
- abandons
- avoids
- back away
- back down
- back off
- back out
- backs
- backtracks
- beats it
- caves in
- decamps
- departs
- disengages
- draws back
- ebbs
- eludes
- escapes
- evacuates
- evades
- falls back
- folds
- gives ground
- goes
- goes along with
- goes back
- hands over
- hides
- keeps aloof
- keeps apart
- leaves
- lies down
- moves back
- opts out
- pulls out
- quails
- quits
- recedes
- recoils
- reels
- regresses
- relinquishes
- resigns
- retires
- retrocedes
- retrogrades
- reverses
- runs
- seclude oneself
- sequesters
- shrinks
- starts back
- turns tail
- vacates
- withdraws
- abide
- accede
- acknowledge
- acquiesce
- agree
- appease
- be submissive
- bend
- bow
- buckle
- capitulate
- cave
- cede
- concede
- defer
- eat crow
- fold
- give away
- give ground
- give in
- give way
- go with the flow
- grin and bear it
- humor
- indulge
- knuckle
- knuckle under
- kowtow
- lay down arms
- obey
- put up with
- quit
- relent
- relinquish
- resign oneself
- say uncle
- stoop
- succumb
- surrender
- throw in the towel
- toe the line
- tolerate
- truckle
- withstand
- yield
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