Relinquished

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Relinquish \Re*lin"quish\ (-kw?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Relinquished} (-kw?sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Relinquishing}.]
     [OF. relinquir, L. relinquere to leave behind; pref. re- re +
     linquere to leave. See {Loan}, and cf. {Relic}, {Relict}.]
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     1. To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to


        abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.
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              We ought to relinquish such rites.    --Hooker.
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              They placed Irish tenants upon the lands
              relinquished by the English.          --Sir J.
                                                    Davies.
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     2. To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to
        relinquish a debt.
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     Syn: To resign; leave; quit; forsake; abandon; desert;
          renounce; forb?ar; forego. See {Resign}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  relinquished
       adj 1: that has been withdrawn or retreated from
       2: given up often unwillingly; "a relinquishment is a piece of
          relinquished or abandoned land" [syn: {surrendered}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "relinquished":
     abandoned, abjured, antiquated, antique, archaic, ceded, deserted,
     discontinued, dispensed with, disposed of, disused, done with,
     forgone, forsworn, not worth saving, obsolescent, obsolete, old,
     old-fashioned, on the shelf, out, out of use, out-of-date,
     outdated, outmoded, outworn, past use, pensioned off, recanted,
     released, renounced, resigned, retired, retracted, sacrificed,
     superannuate, superannuated, superseded, surrendered, waived,
     worn-out, yielded