relinquishable

Able to abandon

Relinquishable describes something that can be given up or surrendered.

Rights may be relinquishable under certain conditions; claims may be relinquishable through legal agreement.

The word appears mainly in formal or legal contexts: The court ruled that parental rights were relinquishable only with proper consent.

legal

assignable

Able to be allocated

waivable · negotiable · delegable · quitclaim · escheat · divest · cede · rescindable · revocable · voidable

voluntary

surrenderable

Able to be forfeited

cede · yield · concede · waive · release · handover · sacrifice · resign · disclaim · divest

forfeitable

seizable

Able to be taken

sanction · escheat · expropriation · deprivation · sacrifice · forfeiture · confiscation · seizure · revocable · voidable

conditional

revocable

Able to be canceled

voidable · reversible · modifiable · negotiable · nonbinding · optional · provisional · contingent · terminable · amendable

Opposites
capacity to be given up or surrendered

relinquishableinalienable

Incapable of being surrendered

unalienable · non-transferable · untransferable · indefeasible · irrevocable

legal/moral status of rights

relinquishableinalienable

Incapable of being surrendered

inherent · inviolable · sacrosanct · inborn · natural

Family

relic, relinquish, delinquent, relinquishment, relinquished, relinquishing

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G