relinquishment, relinquishing
(noun) the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.
relinquishment, relinquishing
(noun) a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.
Source: WordNet® 3.1
relinquishment (countable and uncountable, plural relinquishments)
The act of relinquishing something.
• abandonment
• cession
• renunciation
• surrender
Source: Wiktionary
Re*lin"quish*ment (-ment), n.
Definition: The act of relinquishing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 November 2024
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
