RELINQUISH

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

Mnemonics for relinquish

(Tag: English) Its quite opposite to what it spells "Re - link - Wish"
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(Tag: ) Relin(Release)+quish(wish; So release ur wish;
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(Tag: ) re + link >> think of a situatn where u have caught a rope... to better the grip on u release ur previous grip and grip again.. relate it
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(Tag: ) re(sound like arre)+linquish(lankesh)ab to haar man jao
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