RELINQUISHING Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

relinquishing

verb

present participle of relinquish

as in surrendering

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress the boy reluctantly relinquished the illegal fireworks to the police officer

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as in abdicating

to give up (as a position of authority) formally the retiring CEO relinquished his position to the company's vice president with very mixed feelings

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Recent Examples of relinquishing And now, after its award-winning world premiere in the Next Wave competition at Fantastic Fest and a major screening at Zurich Film Festival, Schulman is slowly but surely relinquishing control. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026 One panel was falling, then smashing on the path, lead relinquishing its long grip on the glass. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026 Venus Venus will soon be relinquishing its dominance of the early evening sky. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026 But that would have meant Parton relinquishing half the publishing rights and therefore half the royalties. — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 America is the ultimate answer to the pogrom, and to the emancipation Europe offered on the condition of relinquishing Jewish ethnic and cultural distinctiveness. — Rory Lancman, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026 For Harrison, the collaboration also meant relinquishing some control. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 22 July 2026 Clearly, the Flyers are comfortable with relinquishing first-round picks in their next four drafts as there is more value in having a true 1C in Carlsson. — Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 8 July 2026 But for Iran, reopening the strait does not mean relinquishing control of it. — Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 29 June 2026

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That was Fred Claire personified, honest to the end, refusing to sacrifice his integrity, never surrendering his dignity.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
The stock initially jumped on the news before surrendering most of those gains, creating what Cramer sees as a buying opportunity.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of surrendering

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Faculty members started rendering aid to the student until first responders arrived and began life-saving measures, according to Palm Bay Police Deputy Chief Nicholas Szczepanski.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Model Taylor Hill gravitated toward the Large Siena Bucket for its wearability and longevity, rendering it in a deep burgundy.

— Angela Tafoya, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of rendering

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The 1989 Charlotte federal trial was pure spectacle Two years after resigning, Bakker was convicted in Charlotte on 24 counts of fraud and conspiracy.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
Lee also announced Frank Strada, the commissioner of the Department of Correction, would be resigning later this month.

— Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of resigning

Verb

CMOs are caught in the middle, trying to prove long-term brand value while delivering short-term efficiency gains.

— Derya Matras, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Farmers, brands and consumers all deserve proof that these approaches are delivering meaningful results.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of delivering

Verb

Although economic espionage is not without risk, unilaterally renouncing the practice in the current global environment is far more dangerous.

— DAVID S. COHEN, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
Eric Lai, a senior fellow with the Georgetown Center for Asian Law, said every actor in Hong Kong civil society who assumed that renouncing violence and working within the law would be fine has to revise that assumption.

— Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of renouncing

Verb

That war of wills ended with the Emirates ceding control of Bab el-Mandeb — along with the nearby island of Perim, where the Emirates had built a drone airbase — to Saudi Arabia.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
For founder-CEOs, ceding authority can be especially challenging.

— Adi Ignatius, Harvard Business Review, 18 Sep. 2026

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