relinquishment
Roget category 624
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.1. Conceptional volition
#624.
Relinquishment
noun
relinquishment,
abandonment —
desertion,
defection,
secession,
withdrawal —
cave of Adullam† —
nolle prosequi [Lat.].
discontinuance
etc.
(cessation)
142 —
renunciation
etc.
(recantation)
607 —
abrogation
etc.
756 —
resignation
etc.
(retirement)
757 —
desuetude
etc.
614 —
cession
etc.
(of property)
782.
verb
relinquish,
give up,
abandon,
desert,
forsake,
leave in the lurch —
go back on —
depart from,
secede from,
withdraw from —
back out of —
leave,
quit,
take leave of,
bid a long farewell —
vacate
etc.
(resign)
757.
renounce
etc.
(abjure)
607 —
forego,
have done with,
drop —
disuse
etc.
678 —
discard
etc.
782 —
wash one's hands of —
drop all idea of.
break off,
leave off —
desist —
stop
etc.
(cease)
142 —
hold one's hand,
stay one's hand —
quit one's hold —
give over,
shut up shop.
throw up the game,
throw up the cards —
give up the point,
give up the argument —
pass to the order of the day,
move to the previous question.
adjective
unpursued† —
relinquished
etc.
v. —
relinquishing
etc.
v..
interjection
avast!,
etc.
(stop)
142.
phrase
aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben [G.] —
entbehre gern was du nicht hast [G.].
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