Relinquish
To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.
To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to relinquish a debt.
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Relinquish Quotations
If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it.
Jean Cocteau
In the theater, you go from point A to point Z, building your performance as the evening progresses. You have to relinquish that control on a film.
Gwyneth Paltrow
Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
Fran Lebowitz
To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.
Neil Young
Never relinquish the initiative.
Charles de Gaulle
Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason.
Friedrich Durrenmatt
The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done in an intelligent way, you attain the sovereignty to better solve national problems in cooperation with others.
Ulrich Beck
When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.
Nicole Kidman
The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.
Jessica Lange
Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave.
Franz Grillparzer
Relinquish Translations
relinquish in Afrikaans is afstaan
relinquish in Danish is give efter
relinquish in Dutch is afstaan, het veld ruimen, toegeven
relinquish in German is aufgeben, loslassen
relinquish in Portuguese is abandone
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