Usually means: Giving up possession or control.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word Relinquishing:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. relinquishing: Merriam-Webster
  2. relinquishing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. relinquishing: Vocabulary.com
  4. Relinquishing, relinquishing: Wordnik
  5. relinquishing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. relinquishing: Wiktionary
  7. Relinquishing, relinquishing: Dictionary.com
  8. relinquishing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Relinquishing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. relinquishing: Rhymezone
  11. Relinquishing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. relinquishing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. relinquishing: FreeDictionary.org
  14. relinquishing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. relinquishing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. relinquishing: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. relinquishing: Idioms

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Definitions from WordNet (relinquishing)

▸ noun:  the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.
▸ noun:  a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.


Opposite:
retaining, keeping, maintaining

Types:
giving up, surrendering, abandoning, renouncing, more...

Phrases:
written relinquishing of rights, relinquishing or retracting, more...

Adjectives:
gradual, voluntary, complete, continual, final, partial, temporary, total, mere, slow, certain

Colors:
    pale blue,     soft lavender,     muted brown,     dusky rose,     washed-out green, more...

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Opposite:
retaining, keeping, maintaining

Types:
giving up, surrendering, abandoning, renouncing, more...

Phrases:
written relinquishing of rights, relinquishing or retracting, more...

Adjectives:
gradual, voluntary, complete, continual, final, partial, temporary, total, mere, slow, certain

Colors:
    pale blue,     soft lavender,     muted brown,     dusky rose,     washed-out green, more...




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