Explore Relinquish through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like release or waive. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Relinquish in a sentence
Related words
Relinquish meaning
- To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
- To let go (free, away), physically release.
- To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
Synonyms of Relinquish
Using Relinquish
- The main meaning on this page is: To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away. | To let go (free, away), physically release. | To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
- Useful related words include: release, give up, foreswear, waive.
- Possible Dutch translations are: opgeven, loslaten, verzaken.
- In the example corpus, relinquish often appears in combinations such as: to relinquish, relinquish his, not relinquish.
Context around Relinquish
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Relinquish
- In this selection, "relinquish" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, forces, term, control, energy and certain stand out and add context to how "relinquish" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include would not relinquish and appeared to relinquish his status. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "relinquish" sits close to words such as academies, ambushed and appease, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with relinquish
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
At times, the patriarch wasn’t inclined to relinquish control. (10 words)
It was a lead the Royals wouldn’t relinquish in the second half. (13 words)
An eight-run third inning gave the Bulldogs a lead they would not relinquish. (14 words)
The bill is referred to as the Voter Fraud Protection Act and has a two-part process in which legislators can switch parties within six months or more left in their term, relinquish their seat and force a special election to occur. (42 words)
Opponents will try to block or roll back ESA expansion—as Arizona’s new governor has pledged to do—but once parents have been entrusted with these decisions, they are unlikely to relinquish control over them without a fight. (39 words)
Not looking like a man to relinquish the top spot on the scorers’ chart, the 24-year-old netted again to extend the margin between him and his compatriot, who had reduced the deficit a day earlier. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
An eight-run third inning gave the Bulldogs a lead they would not relinquish.
As an adult, Yunxian has drawn the attention of a male suitor, forcing her to relinquish her job in exchange for a traditional life of marriage, having children, and living within the family compound.
At times, the patriarch wasn’t inclined to relinquish control.
But when historical past is any indicator, the army is unlikely to relinquish energy rapidly.
Highlighting the core purpose of Hajj and Umrah, it emphasizes the need to relinquish one’s ego and arrogance, presenting oneself humbly before Allah Almighty.
However, the risks involved go both ways; the Quincy become unable to use their Vollständig until they relinquish said Bankai.
In Friday’s game one, North Dakota came out swinging by scoring seven runs in the first two innings to gain an early lead on the Tommies, a lead they would not relinquish.
It looked a lot like the Bennett-to-Mitchell touchdown that gave Georgia a fourth-quarter lead it did not relinquish against Alabama in last year’s CFP title game.
It was a lead the Royals wouldn’t relinquish in the second half.
Not looking like a man to relinquish the top spot on the scorers’ chart, the 24-year-old netted again to extend the margin between him and his compatriot, who had reduced the deficit a day earlier.
On the other hand, his opposite number, Coach Mckinstry, is not ready to relinquish the title chase just yet.
Opponents will try to block or roll back ESA expansion—as Arizona’s new governor has pledged to do—but once parents have been entrusted with these decisions, they are unlikely to relinquish control over them without a fight.
Para athletics and Para swimming are among six summer sports that are organised by the IPC but it is now looking to relinquish control to allow them to be governed independently.
Perhaps it’s time for us to relinquish certain negative connotations we have of illicit fungal drugs, and become comfortable thinking of brain-altering psychedelics as medicine.
Roman Reigns’ fake remorse as he appeared to relinquish his status as Tribal Chief and Undisputed WWE Universal championship to Jey Uso was so phony looking that it was a thing of beauty.
Russia must permanently withdraw its forces, relinquish its illegal control of Ukrainian territory and end its barbaric attacks against innocent civilians.
So long as there is a practicing Jew alive, I think you may be sure they will not relinquish any part of Jerusalem again.
The bill is referred to as the Voter Fraud Protection Act and has a two-part process in which legislators can switch parties within six months or more left in their term, relinquish their seat and force a special election to occur.
The designated visiting Indians utilized a Lincolnview error with two outs and a Daniel Patch RBI double off of Lancer starter Aiden Hardesty to snag a lead they would never relinquish.
They took no expense at deliberating over the harsh ethical dilemma of who to relinquish.
Common combinations with relinquish
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to relinquish 98×
- relinquish his 29×
- not relinquish 26×
- relinquish the 25×
- relinquish control 19×
- relinquish their 12×
- never relinquish 12×
- relinquish power 9×
- relinquish its 8×
- relinquish it 8×