foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish
(verb) turn away from; give up; “I am foreswearing women forever”
release, relinquish, resign, free, give up
(verb) part with a possession or right; “I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest”; “resign a claim to the throne”
waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with
(verb) do without or cease to hold or adhere to; “We are dispensing with formalities”; “relinquish the old ideas”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
relinquish (third-person singular simple present relinquishes, present participle relinquishing, simple past and past participle relinquished)
(transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something. To trade away.
(transitive) To let go (free, away), physically release.
(transitive) To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
(transitive) To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*lin"quish (-kwsh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relinquished (-kwsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Relinquishing.] Etym: [OF. relinquir, L. relinquere to leave behind; pref. re- re + linquere to leave. See Loan, and cf. Relic, Relict.]
1. To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit. We ought to relinquish such rites. Hooker. They placed Irish tenants upon the lands relinquished by the English. Sir J. Davies.
2. To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to relinquish a debt.
Syn.
– To resign; leave; quit; forsake; abandon; desert; renounce; forbResign.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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