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# relinquish

«relinquish» in Mova's school dictionary: **To give up something you have, such as power, control or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (relinquish, relinquishes, relinquished, relinquishing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To give up something you have, such as power, control or a claim, often unwillingly: The king relinquished the throne. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relinquish/#m1)

2) To let go of something you are holding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relinquish/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A formal, exam-voice word: «He relinquished his position as captain». Everyday speech says «give up» or «hand over». In stories, rulers relinquish power and characters relinquish their grip on a rope. Phrases: «relinquish control», «relinquish power», «relinquish one's grip».

### examples

- The old king relinquished his crown to his daughter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relinquish/#x1)
- She refused to relinquish the TV remote. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relinquish/#x2)
- The captain relinquished control of the ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relinquish/#x3)
- He relinquished his grip on the rope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relinquish/#x4)
- The team relinquished its lead in the last minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relinquish/#x5)
- You must relinquish your seat to an older person if asked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relinquish/#x6)
- The hero succeeded in delivering Theseus, but when he endeavoured to liberate Pirithoeus, the earth shook so violently beneath him that he was compelled to relinquish his task. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relinquish/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: relinquished. Formal; everyday words: give up, hand over, let go. Spelling: rel-IN-quish.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «relinquish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relinquish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.