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How to sign: release, as from one's grip
"Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall";
Similiar / Same: let go of, let go, release
Within this category: bring out, discharge, disengage, pop, toggle, unclasp, unhand, unleash, unleash, unleash
How to sign: part with a possession or right
"I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne";
Similiar / Same: resign, give up, release, free
Categories: give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over
Within this category: derequisition, sacrifice
How to sign: do without or cease to hold or adhere to
"We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas";
Similiar / Same: waive, forgo, foreswear, dispense with
How to sign: turn away from; give up
"I am foreswearing women forever";
Similiar / Same: foreswear, renounce, quit
Within this category: disclaim
