relinquishment

Roget-categorie 782

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.9. Possessive relations
›› 5.9.1. Property in general

#782. Relinquishment

zelfstandig naamwoord

relinquishment, abandonment etc. (of a course) 624 — renunciation, expropriation^†, dereliction — cession, surrender, dispensation — quitclaim deed — resignation etc. 757 — riddance.
derelict etc. adj. — foundling — jetsam, waif.
discards, culls, rejects — garbage, refuse, rubbish.

werkwoord

relinquish, give up, surrender, yield, cede — let go, let slip — spare, drop, resign, forego, renounce, abandon, expropriate^†, give away, dispose of, part with — lay aside, lay apart, lay down, lay on the shelf etc. (disuse) 678 — set aside, put aside, put away — make away with, cast behind — maroon.
give notice to quit, give warning — supersede — be rid of, get rid of, be quit of, get quit of — eject etc. 297.
rid oneself of, disburden oneself of, divest oneself of, dispossess oneself of — wash one's hands of.
discard, cast off, dismiss — cast away, throw away, pitch away, fling away, cast aside, cast overboard, cast to the dogs, throw aside, throw overboard, throw to the dogs, pitch aside, pitch overboard, pitch to the dogs, fling aside, fling overboard, fling to the dogs — cast to the winds, throw to the winds, sweep to the winds — put away, turn away, sweep away — jettison — reject.
quit one's hold, quitclaim.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

relinquished etc. v. — cast off, derelict — unowned, unappropriated, unculled — left etc. (residuary) 40.

tussenwerpsel

away with!,

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