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Antonyms for relinquishment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ri-ling-kwish |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈlɪŋ kwɪʃ |
Definition of relinquishment
Origin :- mid-15c., "desert, abandon;" late 15c., "give up, desist," from Old French relinquiss-, present participle stem of relinquir (12c.), from Latin relinquere "leave behind, forsake, abandon, give up," from re- "back" (see re-) + linquere "to leave," from PIE *linkw-, from root *leikw- "to leave behind" (cf. Sanskrit reknas "inheritance, wealth," rinakti "leaves;" Greek leipein "to leave;" Gothic leihvan, Old English lænan "to lend;" Old High German lihan "to borrow;" Old Norse lan "loan"). Related: Relinquished; relinquishing.
- noun abdication
- In return for the relinquishment Cullison had been released.
- Extract from : « Crooked Trails and Straight » by William MacLeod Raine
- When he permits a driver to pass, there is a touch of the contemptuous in that relinquishment.
- Extract from : « The Pacific Triangle » by Sydney Greenbie
- I understand that he purchased what is called a relinquishment.
- Extract from : « The Homesteader » by Oscar Micheaux
- He could not only sell me a relinquishment, but could also take my filing.
- Extract from : « The Conquest » by Oscar Micheaux
- With the relinquishment of responsibility, she appeared to grow almost cheerful.
- Extract from : « The Builders » by Ellen Glasgow
- Is such the gain to accrue for the relinquishment of our souls?
- Extract from : « Rambles of a Naturalist » by John D. Godman
- Will you sign a relinquishment to your claim, and trust to me that it is the best for us to do?
- Extract from : « The Price of the Prairie » by Margaret Hill McCarter
- Nor did I ever hold that such a relinquishment is anything but Christian opportunity.
- Extract from : « The Price of the Prairie » by Margaret Hill McCarter
- I cannot understand the relinquishment of this plan after nine years' persistence in it.
- Extract from : « Letters of Two Brides » by Honore de Balzac
- La Peyrade departed, carrying with him the deed of relinquishment.
- Extract from : « The Lesser Bourgeoisie » by Honore de Balzac
Synonyms for relinquishment
- abandonment
- abjuration
- abnegation
- abstention
- cancellation
- demission
- denial
- disavowal
- disclaimer
- eschewal
- eschewing
- forbearing
- forswearing
- giving up
- quitclaim
- rebuff
- remission
- renouncement
- renunciation
- repeal
- repudiation
- resignation
- sacrifice
- self-abnegation
- self-denial
- self-sacrifice
- spurning
- surrender
- veto
- waiver
- yielding
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