relinquishment Definition

relinquish
verb relinquished, relinquishing

1. To give up or abandon (a belief, task, etc).

Thesaurus: surrender, hand over, cede, abdicate, discard, release, resign, abandon, forgo, renounce, repudiate, desert, forsake, quit; Antonym: keep, retain.
2. To release one's hold of something; to let go of it.
3. To renounce possession or control of (a claim, right, etc).

Derivative: relinquishment
noun

Etymology: 15c: from French relinquir, from Latin linquere to leave.