relinquish+voluntarily

  • 1relinquish — verb ADVERB ▪ voluntarily ▪ They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence. ▪ finally ▪ Adrian finally relinquished Eva s hand from his grip. VERB + RELINQUISH …

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  • 2relinquish — verb 1) he relinquished control of the company Syn: renounce, give up/away, hand over, let go of Ant: retain, keep 2) she relinquished her post Syn: leave, resign from …

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  • 3voluntarily — adv. Voluntarily is used with these verbs: ↑abandon, ↑agree, ↑choose, ↑disclose, ↑enter, ↑join, ↑participate, ↑relinquish, ↑return, ↑submit, ↑surrender, ↑ …

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  • 4relinquish — [rɪ lɪŋkwɪʃ] verb voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up. Derivatives relinquishment noun Origin ME: from OFr. relinquiss , lengthened stem of relinquir, from L. relinquere, from re (expressing intensive force) + linquere to leave …

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  • 5Waive — Waive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waiving}.] [OE. waiven, weiven, to set aside, remove, OF. weyver, quesver, to waive, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. veifa to wave, to vibrate, akin to Skr. vip to tremble. Cf. {Vibrate}, {Waif}.] …

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  • 6Waived — Waive Waive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waiving}.] [OE. waiven, weiven, to set aside, remove, OF. weyver, quesver, to waive, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. veifa to wave, to vibrate, akin to Skr. vip to tremble. Cf. {Vibrate},… …

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  • 7Waiving — Waive Waive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waiving}.] [OE. waiven, weiven, to set aside, remove, OF. weyver, quesver, to waive, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. veifa to wave, to vibrate, akin to Skr. vip to tremble. Cf. {Vibrate},… …

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  • 8wave — Waive Waive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waiving}.] [OE. waiven, weiven, to set aside, remove, OF. weyver, quesver, to waive, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. veifa to wave, to vibrate, akin to Skr. vip to tremble. Cf. {Vibrate},… …

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  • 9waive — transitive verb (waived; waiving) Etymology: Middle English weiven to decline, reject, give up, from Anglo French waiver, gaiver, from waif lost, stray more at waif Date: 14th century 1. archaic give up, forsake 2. to throw away (stolen goods) 3 …

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  • 10waive — v. a. 1. Relinquish, renounce, surrender, remit, give up, forego, give up claim to. 2. Throw away, cast off, reject, desert. 3. (Law.) Throw away, relinquish voluntarily …

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