abandonverb (

LEAVE)

to leave a place, thing or person forever We had to abandon the car. By the time the rebel troops arrived, the village had already been abandoned. As a baby he'd been abandoned by his mother. We were sinking fast, and the captain gave the order to abandon ship
to leave somebody, especially somebody you are responsible for, with no intention of returning The baby had been abandoned by its mother. People often simply abandon their pets when they go abroad. to leave a thing or place, especially because it is impossible or dangerous to stay They had to abandon their lands to the invading forces. to stop doing something, especially before it is finished; to stop having something They abandoned the match because of rain. She abandoned hope of any reconciliation. We had to abandon any further attempt at negotiation. to stop supporting or helping somebody; to stop believing in something By 1930 he had abandoned his Marxist principles. to feel an emotion so strongly that you can feel nothing else He abandoned himself to despair.

relinquishverb
to give up something such as a responsibility or claim He has relinquished his claim to the throne. She relinquished control of the family investments to her son. to unwillingly stop holding or keeping something She relinquished her hold/grip on the steering wheel.
(FORMAL) to stop having something, especially when this happens unwillingly He was forced to relinquish control of the company. They had relinquished all hope that she was alive.I relinquished her hand (= stopped holding it) and stood up. She relinquished possession of the house to her sister.

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(r-lng'kwsh) tr.v., -quished, -quishing, -quishes. 1. 2. 3. 4. To To To To retire from; give up or abandon. put aside or desist from (something practiced, professed, or intended). let go; surrender. cease holding physically; release: relinquish a grip.

[Middle English relinquisshen, from Old French relinquir, relinquiss-, from Latin relinquere : re-, re- + linquere, to leave.]
relinquisher relin'quisher n. relinquishment relin'quishment n.
SYNONYMS

relinquish, yield, resign, abandon, surrender, cede, waive, renounce. These verbs mean letting

something go or giving something up. Relinquish, the least specific, may connote regret: can't relinquish

the idea. Yield implies giving way, as to pressure, often in the hope that such action will be temporary: had to yield ground. Resign suggests formal relinquishing (resigned their claim to my land) or acquiescence arising from hopelessness (resigned himself to forgoing his vacation). Abandon and surrender both imply no expectation of recovering what is given up; surrender also implies the operation of compulsion or force: abandoned all hope for a resolution; surrendered control of the company. Cede connotes formal transfer, as of territory: ceded the province to the victorious nation. Waive implies a voluntary decision to dispense with something, such as a right: waived all privileges. To renounce is to relinquish formally and usually as a matter of principle: renounced worldly goods.

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renounce
VERB

rnans
(FORMAL)

rnans

1 renounce somethingto state officially that you are no longer going to keep a title, position, etc.
GIVE UP

to renounce a claim/title/privilege/right

Will Charles renounce the throne in favour of his son? 2 to state publicly that you no longer have a particular belief or that you will no longer behave in a particular wayto renounce ideals/principles/beliefs, etc.a joint declaration renouncing the use of violence Many were executed for refusing to renounce their religion. 3 renounce somebody/somethingto state publicly that you no longer wish to have a connection with somebody/something because you disapprove of them
SYNONYM

DISOWN

He had renounced his former associates.

renounceverb
/rnants/ [T] FORMAL
to say formally or publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in or have a connection with something Her ex-husband renounced his claim to the family house. Gandhi renounced the use of violence.

forsake
VERB

fsek
forsook

frsek frsk frsekn

fsk
forsaken

fsekn
(LITERARY)

1 forsake somebody/something (for somebody/something)to leave somebody/something, especially when you have a responsibility to stay
SYNONYM ABANDONHe had made it clear to his wife that he would never forsake her.2 forsake something (for somebody/something)to stop doing something, or leave something, especially something that you

enjoy
SYNONYM RENOUNCEShe

forsook the glamour of the city and went to live in the wilds of Scotland.

forsakeverb (
/fsek/

LEAVE)

/fr-/ [T] (forsook, forsaken)

Definition
to leave someone forever, especially when they need you Do not forsake me!
LITERARY

forswearverb
/fswer / /frswer/ [T] (forswore, forsworn) FORMAL

Definition
to make a serious decision to stop doing something to forswear alcohol

forswear
VERB

fswe(r)
forswore

frswer frswr frswrn

fsw(r)
forsworn

fswn

forswear something (FORMAL or

SYNONYM RENOUNCEThe

LITERARY)to

stop doing or using something; to make a promise that you

will stop doing or using something group forswears all worldly possessions.

The country has not forsworn the use of chemical weapons.

yield, relent, bow, defer, submit, capitulate, succumb. These verbs all mean to give in to what one can no longer oppose or resist. Yield has the widest application: My neighbor won't yield to reason. "The child ... soon yielded to the drowsiness" (Charles Dickens). To relent is to moderate the harshness or severity of an attitude or decision: "The captain at last relented, and told him that he might make himself at home" (Herman Melville). Bow suggests giving way in defeat or through courtesy: "Bow and accept the end/Of a love" (Robert Frost). To defer is to yield out of respect for or in recognition of another's authority, knowledge, or judgment: "Philip ... had the good sense to defer to the long experience and the wisdom of his father" (William Hickling Prescott). Submit implies giving way out of necessity, as after futile or unsuccessful resistance: "obliged to submit to those laws which are imposed upon us (Abigail Adams). Capitulate implies surrender to pressure, force, compulsion, or inevitability: "I will be conquered; I will not capitulate [to illness]" (Samuel Johnson). Succumbstrongly suggests submission to something overpowering or overwhelming: "I didn't succumb without a struggle to my uncle's allurements'' (H.G. Wells). Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/yield#ixzz1vhZ7J3yp