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relinquishment

/ri-ling-kwish/US // rɪˈlɪŋ kwɪʃ //UK // (rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ) //

放弃,弃权,弃权书,辞职

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to renounce or surrender: to relinquish the throne.
    • : to give up; put aside or desist from: to relinquish a plan.
    • : to let go; release: to relinquish one's hold.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounabdication

Examples

  • In September 2019, citing his health troubles, Jamie temporarily relinquished control of Britney’s person to her care manager, Jodi Montgomery, while maintaining control of Britney’s finances.

  • The measure was rejected, though some said it wasn’t because they wanted to relinquish control of city government to the county.

  • I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve witnessed somebody relinquish fairly core, cherished beliefs.

  • The rate of relinquishment for women of color has traditionally remained low.

  • His wife had sold her relinquishment on the claim that he had spent thirty-five hundred dollars cash for.

  • On this side the Mississippi an important relinquishment of native title has been received from the Delawares.

  • The papers you all signed to-day were a bill of sale and the relinquishment of your homestead claims.

  • The consideration, on the part of Georgia, was the relinquishment of her claim to the Mississippi territory.

  • On the same day Korniloff was compelled to begin the relinquishment of the ground he had won with the Eighth Army.