relinquishment

Noun

Meaning

The act of relinquishing.

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Fear," the doctor said, "is the relinquishment of logic, the willing relinquishing of reasonable patterns. We yield to it or we fight it, but we cannot meet it halfway. Shirley Jackson

After that provisional relinquishment of New Netherland, Stuyvesant reported to his superiors that he "had endeavored to promote the increase of population, agriculture and commerce. Source: Internet

He stated, "To avoid dangers such as unrestrained nanobot replication, we need relinquishment at the right level and to place our highest priority on the continuing advance of defensive technologies, staying ahead of destructive technologies. Source: Internet

Three reliefs below represented her relinquishment of the Swedish throne and abjugation of Protestantism at Innsbruck, the scorn of the nobility, and faith triumphing over heresy. Source: Internet

However, Abbas insisted on imposing near total submission on Hamas through the formula of overlooking disarmament in exchange for complete relinquishment of both civil and military power. Source: Internet

"It's current practice by judges that at their discretion they can ask for relinquishment of firearms, they can put that in the emergency relief from abuse order," Watersong said. Source: Internet

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