What's the difference between abnegate and relinquish?

Abnegate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To deny and reject; to abjure.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Although he could be lovable, charming, whimsical, encouraging, and deeply devoted to his family, he subjugated the adult women in his household and at least one son to exploitation and abuse, demanding (and receiving from his wife and step-daughter) almost total abnegation of self.
  • (2) The atmosphere and the spirit of enthusiasm and dedication is described, as well as the faith, the bravery and the self abnegation with which the Greek soldiers fought in the Albanian mountains and the Greek nurses in their own battle field, in the health care Army establishments for the treatment and relief of the brave wounded and sick warriors.
  • (3) Moreover, in socio-political terms, a reduced problem-even one representing potential for future catastrophe-tends to claim less priority than present problems, even though premature redeployment of resources may abnegate gains already achieved.
  • (4) The nurses are abnegate and altruists and the social workers has initiative and acceptance of their identity.
  • (5) The second stream is that of the austere transcendentalists of the arthouse – Yasujiro Ozu, Robert Bresson, Carl Dreyer – who, recognising the over-abundant, material “fallen” nature of the medium, pursue an aesthetic of scarcity, sparseness, abnegation.
  • (6) However, conditions which abnegate proofreading by E. coli polymerase I have little effect on the herpes enzymes.
  • (7) In his historical novel, August 1914, published in the west in 1971, he painted a rosy picture of pre-revolutionary Russia, and in three essays for a samizdat collection inspired and masterminded by him, From Under the Rubble, he praised Russia's Orthodox church and authoritarian political tradition, developed the idea that nations, as well as individuals, should practise the Christian virtues of repentance and self-abnegation, and excoriated the Russian intelligentsia for selling out to Soviet power in exchange for material privileges.
  • (8) Though I do know one thing: Kim Jong-Un is someone who makes Rudin’s power-mania look like a model of self-abnegating restraint.
  • (9) But they were also transcendent, effecting her transformation in the public mind from self-involved socialite to self-abnegating spouse.

Relinquish


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.
  • (v. t.) To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to relinquish a debt.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But he insisted that there had to be “proper succession planning” before he would relinquish the leadership.
  • (2) This stands in high contrast to many western hip-hop stars who have been slow to relinquish control of their "intellectual" property in the same way (take Jay-Z's Empire State of Mind, for example, which quickly generated a host of YouTube tributes that were quickly removed by EMI ).
  • (3) In a statement published shortly before the disclosure of material as a result of freedom of information requests, Ashcroft indicated he would relinquish his non-dom status in line with new Tory policy to remain in the Lords.
  • (4) Unusual features included the illness chosen, the father as the parent falsifying illness, his failure to pursue unnecessary investigations and treatment, and the ease with which he relinquished the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis.
  • (5) It's hard to think of a more extreme way of relinquishing responsibility.
  • (6) Thompson also agreed to relinquish his role as "editor-in-chief" as regards News Corp's bid for Sky.
  • (7) Transsexuals who relinquished their wish for surgery did not differ substantially from transsexuals with an unaltered wish for surgery.
  • (8) Transsexuals who had not undergone surgery, although it had been offered to them providing they fulfilled the usual requirements, were classified into various subgroups, measured according to their attitude towards sex reassignment surgery: they were transsexuals with an unaltered wish for surgery, transsexuals who were ambivalent towards surgery (hesitating patients), and transsexuals who had relinquished their wish for surgery and lived in the initial gender role.
  • (9) The symptoms often begin in the presence of the family, allow a temporary relinquishing of social roles, and result in the mobilization of the social network in support of the person.
  • (10) Techniques for the first group include ritualising the group process, emphasis on reality rather than fantasy and dilution of inter-patient rapport; techniques that aid patients with good ego endowment to relinquish pathological controls include support of basic questions concerning the individual's identity, free flow of fantasy, tolerance of tension, silences or strong ventilation of affect and facilitating observations from patients concerning the process of interaction.
  • (11) He continued to call on the military to relinquish power, saying democracy will never come to Myanmar as long as the military continued to dominate the political landscape.
  • (12) Some are very concerned, some relinquish the dog to a refuge, but others think the dog is happy or even being intentionally spiteful," Mendl told the Guardian.
  • (13) Willingness to relinquish control, as evidenced by hypnotic susceptibility, enjoyment of alcohol, and inability to control thoughts and movements near the end of coitus, was found in this study to be predictive of the consistency with which females reported experiencing orgasm during sexual intercourse.
  • (14) Djokovic is hiding his problems better, but they're still visible in his tennis, as he parlays advantage into break point with a couple of unforced errors before lashing a crosscourt backhand wide – way wide – to relinquish control of the set and match.
  • (15) The government is facing a clash with some of the country's most senior judges who will this week attempt to force ministers to relinquish control of the running of the supreme court.
  • (16) Except sex.” Rechtshaid and Flowers bonded on the phone over Dire Straits and Depeche Mode, relinquishing control to each other in Flowers’ Battle Born studios and crafting an accessible yet sophisticated power rock record.
  • (17) Guidelines for the medical profession that are aimed at preventing psychological disability in relinquishing mothers are outlined.
  • (18) Councillors may be reluctant to agree to a perceived relinquishment of power.
  • (19) Nicki I think the days of "I'm just going to let someone else do it, get a digital company to do it" are over, because people are beginning to realise that they've actually relinquished their creativity, research, planning, strategy – everything.
  • (20) In a statement, the UUP leader Mike Nesbitt said: "Having reviewed the video footage on the Daily Telegraph website, and other media reporting of Lord Laird's engagement with alleged lobbyists, I telephoned his home this morning and as a result he has relinquished the party whip, pending the outcome of the review of his behaviour that he has already requested of the relevant authorities at Westminster."