relinquish
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
part with a possession or right
I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
Types & categories
- hand hypernym
- derequisition hyponym
- sacrifice hyponym
Related & opposite
- relinquishment derivation
- waiver derivation
- acquittance derivation
- relinquishment derivation
Sense 2 verb
do without or cease to hold or adhere to
We are dispensing with formalities
Types & categories
- kick hyponym
Related & opposite
- waiver derivation
Sense 3 verb
turn away from; give up
I am foreswearing women forever
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- relinquishment derivation
- renouncement derivation
- relinquishment derivation
- renunciant derivation
Sense 4 verb
release, as from one's grip
Let go of the door handle, please!
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- hold antonym
- relinquishment derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | relinquishment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | waiver |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | acquittance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | relinquishment |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hand |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | derequisition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sacrifice |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | waiver |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | kick |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | relinquishment |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | renouncement |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | relinquishment |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | renunciant |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | abandon |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | disclaim |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | hold |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | relinquishment |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | muster out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | unclasp |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pop |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | toggle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | unhand |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bring out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | unleash |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | loose |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | unleash |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | disengage |