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relinquishment

Roget category 782

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
5.9. Possessive relations
›› 5.9.1. Property in general

#782. Relinquishment

noun

relinquishment, abandonment etc. (of a course) 624renunciation, expropriation, derelictioncession, surrender, dispensationquitclaim deedresignation etc. 757riddance.
derelict etc. adj. — foundlingjetsam, waif.
discards, culls, rejectsgarbage, refuse, rubbish.

verb

relinquish, give up, surrender, yield, cedelet go, let slipspare, drop, resign, forego, renounce, abandon, expropriate, give away, dispose of, part withlay aside, lay apart, lay down, lay on the shelf etc. (disuse) 678set aside, put aside, put awaymake away with, cast behindmaroon.
give notice to quit, give warningsupersedebe rid of, get rid of, be quit of, get quit ofeject etc. 297.
rid oneself of, disburden oneself of, divest oneself of, dispossess oneself ofwash one's hands of.
discard, cast off, dismisscast away, throw away, pitch away, fling away, cast aside, cast overboard, cast to the dogs, throw aside, throw overboard, throw to the dogs, pitch aside, pitch overboard, pitch to the dogs, fling aside, fling overboard, fling to the dogscast to the winds, throw to the winds, sweep to the windsput away, turn away, sweep away jettisonreject.
quit one's hold, quitclaim.

adjective

relinquished etc. v. — cast off, derelictunowned, unappropriated, unculledleft etc. (residuary) 40.

interjection

away with!,

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