Verb
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release, as from one's grip
"Let go of the door handle, please!"
"relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"
- let go of - let go -
turn away from
give up
"I am foreswearing women forever"
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do without or cease to hold or adhere to
"We are dispensing with formalities"
"relinquish the old ideas"
- dispense with -
part with a possession or right
"I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"
"resign a claim to the throne"
- give up