relinquish
Let go of
Relinquish means to give up or let go of something, typically with some reluctance.
You relinquish control, power, claims, or possessions: She relinquished her seat on the board.
The word implies voluntary surrender rather than having something taken by force, though the choice may be pressured: He was forced to relinquish custody of his children.
Yield under pressure
Fail to keep
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- waiveVoluntarily give up entitlement
- forgoDeliberately do without
default · penalty · confiscate · escheat · forfeiture · deprive · cost · price
Move between locations
- conveyCommunicate or transport
- grantBestow or award money
- assignGive as responsibility
- entrustCommit to another's care
delegate · bestow · confer · concede · bequeath · devolve · yield · deed
Abandon completely
- desertTo leave behind completely
- leaveSanctioned time away
- vacateLeave a place empty
- withdrawRemove or pull away
discard · disown · jettison · renounce · repudiate · divest · disavow · disclaim
capitulate
Yield under pressure
lose
Fail to keep
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- waiveVoluntarily give up entitlement
forgo · default · penalty · confiscate · escheat · forfeiture · deprive · cost · price · concede
transfer
Move between locations
entrust · delegate · bestow · confer · concede · bequeath · devolve · yield · deed · waive
forsake
Abandon completely
withdraw · discard · disown · jettison · renounce · repudiate · divest · disavow · disclaim
quit
Cease doing something
loosen
Reduce tension or grip
free · loose · unfasten · unlock · unbind · untie · unclench · slacken · liberate · unhook
- giving upgive up, giving up, quit, quitting, surrender
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- cancelcancel, annul, nullify, invalidate, revoke
- dividing and givingdistribute, allocate, divide, give, share
- givinggift, give, donating, donation, donate