- past tense form of relinquish.
- past participle of relinquish.
relinquished
Example Sentences
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Carvalho ultimately relinquished his right to severance by resigning — while avoiding the possibility of dismissal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
New York relinquished a bucket of first-round draft picks to land Bridges, who, like Josh Hart, is a former Villanova teammate of Brunson’s, and the ROI had been meh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
He has relinquished his active government and party roles, but during his 2008-2018 presidency, he and former US president Barack Obama presided over a short-lived thaw in Washington-Havana relations.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
"I have never relinquished my convictions, my freedom of thought, or my independence."
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
She had relinquished her daughter to another family so that she would be safe; now she watched as Little Anna, in her small plain box, disappeared into the grave.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
