Thesaurus / relinquish
FEEDBACKHow to use relinquish in a sentence
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 RUSSELLSYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 20, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO RELINQUISH
- absconds
- beats it
- breaks away
- clear out
- comes away
- cuts out
- decamps
- defects
- deserts
- disappears
- ditches
- elopes
- embarks
- emigrates
- escapes
- exits
- flees
- flies
- flits
- forsakes
- gives the slip
- goes
- goes away
- goes forth
- heads out
- issues
- migrates
- moves
- moves out
- parts
- pulls out
- pushes off
- quits
- relinquishes
- removes oneself
- retires
- rides off
- runs along
- sallies
- says goodbye
- scrams
- sets out
- slips out
- splits
- starts
- steps down
- takes a hike
- takes leave
- takes off
- vacates
- vamooses
- vanishes
- walks out
- withdraws
- absconding
- beating it
- breaking away
- clear out
- coming away
- cutting out
- decamping
- defecting
- deserting
- disappearing
- ditching
- eloping
- embarking
- emigrating
- escaping
- exiting
- fleeing
- flitting
- flying
- forsaking
- giving the slip
- going
- going away
- going forth
- heading out
- issuing
- migrating
- moving
- moving out
- parting
- pulling out
- pushing off
- quitting
- relinquishing
- removing oneself
- retiring
- riding off
- running along
- sallying
- saying goodbye
- scramming
- setting out
- slipping out
- splitting
- starting
- stepping down
- taking a hike
- taking leave
- taking off
- vacating
- vamoosing
- vanishing
- walking out
- withdrawing
- be careless
- be impoverished
- be reduced
- become poorer
- bereave
- capitulate
- consume
- default
- deplete
- disinherit
- displace
- dispossess
- dissipate
- divest
- drain
- drop
- exhaust
- expend
- fail
- fail to keep
- fall short
- forfeit
- forget
- give up
- lavish
- misplace
- miss
- misspend
- oust
- pass up
- relinquish
- rob
- sacrifice
- squander
- suffer
- suffer loss
- surrender
- use up
- waste
- yield
- be reduces
- becomes poorer
- bereaves
- capitulates
- consumes
- defaults
- depletes
- disinherits
- displaces
- dispossesses
- dissipates
- divests
- drains
- drops
- exhausts
- expends
- fails
- fails to keeps
- falls short
- forfeits
- forgets
- gives up
- is careless
- is impoverished
- lavishes
- misplaces
- misses
- misspends
- ousts
- passes up
- relinquishes
- robs
- sacrifices
- squanders
- suffers
- suffers loss
- surrenders
- uses up
- wastes
- yields
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