Relinquish /(-kw?sh)/

Re·lin·quish

Relinquish

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Relinquished; p. pr. & vb. n. Relinquishing

  1. To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.
    We ought to relinquish such rites.
    They placed Irish tenants upon the lands relinquished by the English.
  2. To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to relinquish a debt.