relinquishment

Roget-categorie 624

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.1. Conceptional volition

#624. Relinquishment

zelfstandig naamwoord

relinquishment, abandonment — desertion, defection, secession, withdrawal — cave of Adullam^† — nolle prosequi [Lat.].
discontinuance etc. (cessation) 142 — renunciation etc. (recantation) 607 — abrogation etc. 756 — resignation etc. (retirement) 757 — desuetude etc. 614 — cession etc. (of property) 782.

werkwoord

relinquish, give up, abandon, desert, forsake, leave in the lurch — go back on — depart from, secede from, withdraw from — back out of — leave, quit, take leave of, bid a long farewell — vacate etc. (resign) 757.
renounce etc. (abjure) 607 — forego, have done with, drop — disuse etc. 678 — discard etc. 782 — wash one's hands of — drop all idea of.
break off, leave off — desist — stop etc. (cease) 142 — hold one's hand, stay one's hand — quit one's hold — give over, shut up shop.
throw up the game, throw up the cards — give up the point, give up the argument — pass to the order of the day, move to the previous question.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

unpursued^† — relinquished etc. v. — relinquishing etc. v..

tussenwerpsel

avast!, etc. (stop) 142.

uitdrukking

aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben [G.] — entbehre gern was du nicht hast [G.].

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