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# relinquished

«relinquished» in Mova's school dictionary: **Gave up something, such as power, a right, or control…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb, past of relinquish (relinquish, relinquishes, relinquished, relinquishing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Gave up something, such as power, a right, or control, often unwillingly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relinquished/#m1)

2) (formal) Let go of something you were holding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relinquished/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A stiff, exam-voice word. In history, a king relinquished his throne. In stories, a character relinquished their grip. Phrases: relinquished control, relinquished the throne, relinquished his hold.

### examples

- The king relinquished his throne to his son. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relinquished/#x1)
- She finally relinquished the remote control. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relinquished/#x2)
- The captain relinquished command of the ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relinquished/#x3)
- He relinquished his grip on the rope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relinquished/#x4)
- The team relinquished their lead in the final minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relinquished/#x5)
- Subsequently, the company relinquished the land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/relinquished/#x6)

### note

Regular verb: relinquished. Formal; in speech say gave up or let go. Noun: relinquishment (rare).

### Trees and pragmatics

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