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relinquish

relinquish: listen to British English pronunciationrelinquish: listen to American pronunciation /rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/ verb [T] formal

Translation

to allow something to be taken away from you
bırakmak, terketmek, vazeçmek
At 80 he still refuses to relinquish control of the company.
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(Definition of relinquish verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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