Antonyms for relinquish

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ri-ling-kwish

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈlɪŋ kwɪʃ

Definition of relinquish

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.

verb give up, let go

Example sentences :

But not for that did aunt Ann relinquish her quest for the betterment of the domestic world.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

The term of your imprisonment ceases when you relinquish the hope of Beatriz.
Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Casanova promptly moved as if to relinquish his seat in the carriage.
Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler

Rather than relinquish her, however, he would have set Rome on fire.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

I determined to relinquish every advantage to Grushnitski; I wanted to test him.
Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

However, they were unwilling to relinquish the booty which they had planned to seize.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various

Did he find the task too difficult, or did he relinquish it from any other motive?
Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

He had told his people that his health forced him to relinquish his work in India.
Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker

But there was not a single room to let there; so that they had to relinquish their old dream.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Florent was obliged to relinquish the hope of making a docile disciple of Claude.
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for relinquish

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