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relinquish
/rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/ verb [T] formalDefinition
› to allow something to be taken away from you:
At 80 he still refuses to relinquish control of the company.
(Definition of relinquish verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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