relinquish

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *linékʷti Proto-Italic *linkʷō Latin linquō Latin relinquō Old French relenquir Middle French relinquirbor. Middle English relinquisshen English relinquish From Middle English relinquisshen, from the inflected stem relinquiss- of Middle French relinquir, from Latin relinquere, itself from re- + linquere (“to leave”). Compare also Sanskrit रिणक्ति (riṇakti, “to leave”).

1. To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.

   “to relinquish a title”

   “to relinquish property”

2. To let go (free, away), physically release.
3. To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.

   “But it was the most fleeting of false dawns. Dmitri Yachvilli slotted a penalty from distance after Flood failed to release his man on the deck, and France took a grip they would never relinquish.”

4. To accept to give up, withdraw etc.

   “The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction.”