(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."
Vacate
Definition:
(v. t.) To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house.
(v. t.) To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission or a charter; to vacate proceedings in a cause.
(v. t.) To defeat; to put an end to.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two years later, Trump tweeted that “Obama’s motto” was: “If I don’t go on taxpayer funded vacations & constantly fundraise then the terrorists win.” The joke, it turns out, is on Trump.
(2) Compelling evidence of the transference in this case occurred in the ninth month of treatment when the therapist told the child that she would be going on vacation.
(3) Antipyrine clearance was 18% higher during exposure to gasoline than after 2-4 weeks of vacation (P less than 0.01), while antipyrine clearance was unchanged in the office workers.
(4) You don't have a film called Out of Asia and you rarely go to Oceania on holidays (instead you talk of vacations in Australia, New Zealand or another island).
(5) The cerebellar molecular layer of chronic alcohol treated rats showed degenerated parallel fiber boutons and vacated Purkinje cell spines after 6 months of alcohol feeding; degenerated Purkinje cell dendrites were concomitantly observed.
(6) Gibson has held the role of chairman since 4 May 2006, when he took over from Sir Victor Blank, who vacated the role to become chairman at Lloyds TSB.
(7) He had simultaneously taken degrees in history and economics, so could cope with the politics and economics, but had to mug up the philosophy over the vacation.
(8) The authorities had vacated the area, leaving barricades and piles of rubble in place.
(9) The infestation happened in Greece during vacation.
(10) Obama and his family vacation every August on Martha’s Vineyard, and he has spent most of this year’s trip on the golf course, at the beach and dining at the island’s upscale restaurants.
(11) The top court late on Wednesday also vacated a stay from the US court of appeals.
(12) A well-known conservative, Ditka publicly flirted with running against Democratic candidate Barack Obama, then a state senator, for the open seat in the US Senate vacated by Illinois senator Peter Fitzgerald in 2004.
(13) Vacated postsynaptic sites are subsequently removed by phagocytosis.
(14) In the subsequent vacations the Hg values in the students' urine clearly decreased.
(15) Asked whether he was worried about being hassled on his family vacation, Jagger said: "Depends where I go.
(16) "We are actively considering what is necessary to deal with that threat and we are not going to be restricted by borders," said Rhodes, briefing reporters at Martha's Vineyard, where the president is on vacation.
(17) If they do move, they go into the private sector where a smaller home costs the housing benefit budget more than the social housing just vacated.
(18) Most travel (71%) was for vacations, 13% was for teaching or study, 11% for business, and 5% for missionary activities.
(19) Sabiah Khatun, a third-year student at Queen Mary, University of London, was inspired to study law after her Smart Start experience, after which she was selected for a summer vacation scheme and will start her training contract at the firm in September 2017.
(20) That is, APS binds to the subsite vacated by PAPS in the compulsory (or predominately) ordered product release sequence (PAPS before MgADP).