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RELINQUISHED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
That has been withdrawn or retreated from
Classified under:
Similar:
unoccupied (not seized and controlled)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb relinquish
Context examples:
Having grown tired, apparently, of the task, she relinquished the oar to me.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The spoons were moved slowly: I saw each girl taste her food and try to swallow it; but in most cases the effort was soon relinquished.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Being a domestic man, John decidedly missed the wifely attentions he had been accustomed to receive, but as he adored his babies, he cheerfully relinquished his comfort for a time, supposing with masculine ignorance that peace would soon be restored.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I went to Canterbury first, that I might take leave of Agnes and Mr. Wickfield (my old room in whose house I had not yet relinquished), and also of the good Doctor.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He relinquished the endeavour, folded his arms, and stood quiet and mute in the rain, now falling fast on his uncovered head.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
And I have the document, Mr. Micawber read again, looking about as if it were the text of a sermon, in my possession,—that is to say, I had, early this morning, when this was written, but have since relinquished it to Mr. Traddles.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
But I might—I might—if this silly business were not completely relinquished altogether, be induced in some anxious moment to guard her from, and surround her with protections against, the consequences of any foolish step in the way of marriage.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
With a lightened heart, though with a profound sense of the weighty importance of my task, I devoted the whole afternoon to the composition of the draft of this letter; for which great purpose, Agnes relinquished her desk to me.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Mr. Peggotty, with the shadows of the leaves playing athwart his face, made a surprised inclination of the head towards my aunt, as an acknowledgement of her good opinion; then took up the thread he had relinquished.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The child, relinquished by the nurse, rushed across the room and rooted shyly into her mother's dress.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
