relinquishing
Giving something up
Relinquishing is giving something up—surrendering possession, control, or a claim.
The word implies letting go of something you have held: relinquishing power, relinquishing custody, relinquishing a dream.
There's often reluctance involved; what's relinquished was valued or hard-won.
Complete yielding to demands
- concessionYielding a point
- submissionYielding to another's will
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- yieldingBending under pressure
ceding · abdication · resignation · truce · armistice · defeat · vanquished · unconditional
Something presented or given
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- forgoingVoluntarily doing without
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
- altruismPrioritizing others' wellbeing
devotion · self-denial · abnegation · oblation · consecration · dedication · charity · benevolence
Freedom from possessive clinging
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
stoic · surrender · peace · serenity · release · freedom · unburdening · lightness
Reducing tightness or tension
- unbindingAct of freeing
- untyingLoosening a fastened cord
- freeingReleasing from confinement
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
disengagement · extrication · disentanglement · unshackling · unlocking · unleashing · disconnection · dropping
Energy transfer rate
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- dominionAuthority to rule
- gripSecure manual hold
hold · rule · governance · autonomy · sovereignty · influence · management · oversight
capitulation
Complete yielding to demands
- concessionYielding a point
- submissionYielding to another's will
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
yielding · ceding · abdication · resignation · truce · armistice · defeat · vanquished · unconditional · forfeiture
offering
Something presented or given
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- forgoingVoluntarily doing without
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
altruism · devotion · self-denial · abnegation · oblation · consecration · dedication · charity · benevolence · generosity
non-attachment
Freedom from possessive clinging
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
impermanence · stoic · surrender · peace · serenity · release · freedom · unburdening · lightness · simplicity
loosening
Reducing tightness or tension
detachment · disengagement · extrication · disentanglement · unshackling · unlocking · unleashing · disconnection · dropping · separation
power
Energy transfer rate
grip · hold · rule · governance · autonomy · sovereignty · influence · management · oversight · custody
- leavingdeparture, quit, walking away, withdrawing, bail
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- letting goletting go, forgive, giving up, let go, release
- lettingallowing, permitting, granting, authorizing, renting
- depletingusing up, depleting, exhausting, draining, consuming
- entrustingdelegating, assigning, handing over, consigning, committing
relinquishingretaining
Holding onto still
keeping · seizing · holding · grasping · maintaining
relinquishingcontinuing
Going on without stopping
maintaining · persisting · preserving · upholding · sustaining
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