relinquishment

Definition of Relinquishment in English :

1. relinquishing, relinquishment

a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.

2. relinquishing, relinquishment

the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Relinquishment

verb (transitive)

1.

to give up (a task, struggle, etc); abandon

2.

to surrender or renounce (a claim, right, etc)

3.

to release; let go

verb transitive

1.

to give up; abandon (a plan, policy, etc.)

2.

to renounce or surrender (something owned, a right, etc.)

3.

to let go (a grasp, hold, etc.)

tr.v. re·lin·quished, re·lin·quish·ing, re·lin·quish·es

1. To give up or abandon (control of something or a claim, for example).

2. To put aside or desist from (something practiced, professed, or intended); stop doing or adhering to.

3. To let go; surrender: relinquished the lands by treaty.

4. To cease holding physically; release: relinquish a grip.