Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (II) Intersocial Volition
Section IV. Possessive Relations
1. Property in general

782. Relinquishment.

   NOUN:RELINQUISHMENT, abandonment (of a course) [See Relinquishment]; renunciation, expropriation, dereliction; cession, surrender, dispensation; resignation [See Resignation]; riddance.
  DERELICT &c. adj.; jetsam or jettison; abandoned farm [U. S.]; waif, foundling.
   VERB: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, – apart, – down, – on the shelf & (disuse) [See Disuse]; set aside, put aside; make away with, cast behind; discard, cast off, dismiss; maroon.
  cast -, throw -, pitch -, fling- -away, – aside, – overboard, – to the dogs; cast -, throw -, sweep- to the winds; put -, turn -, sweep- away; jettison.
  quit one’s hold.
  SUPERSEDE, give notice to quit, give warning; be or get rid of; be or get quit of; eject [See Ejection].
  rid -, disburden -, divest -, dispossess- oneself of; wash one’s hands of.
  DIVORCE, unmarry [rare]; cut off, desert, disinherit; separate.
   ADJECTIVE:RELINQUISHED &c. v.; cast off, derelict; unowned, disowned, disinherited, divorced; unappropriated, unculled; left (residuary) [See Remainder].
   INTERJECTION:away with!    QUOTATIONS:

1. Dismiss’d without a parting pang.—Cibber
2. He cast off his friends as a huntsman, his pack.—Goldsmith