13 Letter Words for Relinquishing
relinquishing
11 Letter Words for Relinquishing
unrelishing
10 Letter Words for Relinquishing
inquilines, relinquish, squireling
9 Letter Words for Relinquishing
esquiring, heniquins, hirelings, hirseling, inquering, inquiline, inquiries, inquiring, inrushing, leisuring, linishing, relishing, reshining, sequining, shinglier, squinnier, unenglish, ungirlish
8 Letter Words for Relinquishing
enisling, ensiling, ensuring, grinnies, heniquin, herlings, hireling, hirlings, hirsling, hurlings, inhering, inisling, inquires, inshrine, insuring, linguine, linisher, linquish, ningirsu, nursling, quinines, quisling, relining, resiling, resining, riesling, ruinings, seringhi, sheiling, shieling, shilingi, shingler, shrining, signieur, sinigrin, sirening, squiring, unheling, unhinges, unrising, unshrine, unsingle, ushering
7 Letter Words for Relinquishing
english, enrings, ensuing, equilin, ginnels, ginners, ginnier, girlish, girnels, glirine, grinnie, grushie, guilers, gunline, gunnels, gunners, gunnies, gushier, heiling, heiring, herling, hingers, hinnies, hirings, hirling, hungers, hurlies, hurling, ingenus, ingines, inliers, inquire, insulin, insurge, inulins, inuring, irising, leiring, lensing, lignins, ligures, lingers, lingier, linings, linnies, luigini, lungers, lungies, lurgies, lushier, lushing, nigrine, nirling, nurling, nursing, quinies, quinine, quinins, quiring, quisler, reining, requins, resilin, resuing, reusing, riglins, rinsing, rueings, ruining, rulings, runnels, rushing, seiling, seining, shingle, shinier, shining, shinner, shuling, shunner, siering, signeur, silique, singler, slinger, slueing, suiline, sunnier, unhinge, unlines, unreins, unrisen, unsling, urining, urnings
6 Letter Words for Relinquishing
elshin, ennuis, enring, enruin, ensign, erning, genius, ginnel, ginner, ginnle, girnel, girnie, girsle, gisler, glinse, gluers, gluier, gluish, greins, gresil, grilse, gruels, gruine, guiler, guiles, gunnel, gunner, gunsel, gusher, heling, hieing, hinger, hinges, hingle, hinner, hiring, hirsel, hirsle, hunger, hunner, ingenu, ingine, ingles, ingnue, inguen, inique, inisle, inlier, inline, inners, inring, inrush, insure, inulin, inures, inurns, irisin, isling, lering, ligers, lignes, lignin, ligure, linens, liners, linger, linier, lining, linins, linish, liquer, lugers, lungen, lunger, lunges, lungie, lungis, lunier, lunies, lurgis, luring, lusher, neighs, neurin, nigers, nigher, nihils, ningle, ninigi, nirles, nirlie, nursle, queing, querns, quiles, quines, quinie, quinin, quinse, quires, quisle, regius, reguli, regush, rehung, reigns, relish, renigs, renins, renish, requin, reshun, resigh, resign, resing, rhines, riglin, riling, ringle, rising, risque, rueing, rugine, ruings, ruling, runnel, rushen, rusine, seling, sequin, sering, shiner, shinne, shrine, shuler, sigher, signer, sileni, siling, silure, singer, single, sining, sinner, siring, sleigh, slinge, sluing, slunge, squier, squire, squirl, suling, suring, uglier, uglies, unline, unnigh, unrein, unrigs, unring, unsing, urines, urling, urning, ursine
5 Letter Words for Relinquishing
ehing, elsin, engin, ennui, ering, eshin, eughs, genii, genin, genus, giher, giles, gilse, giris, girls, girns, girse, girsh, gisel, gleir, gleis, glenn, glens, gluer, glues, grein, grens, grins, gruel, grues, grush, guile, guise, gules, gunne, gurle, gurls, gurns, gursh, guser, gusle, gusli, heils, heirs, helis, herls, herns, hilus, hinge, hings, hiren, hires, hirse, hsien, huers, huger, huies, huile, hules, hurls, iglus, ignis, ileus, inger, ingle, inglu, inner, inrun, insue, inure, inurn, iring, irish, legin, legis, lehrs, leirs, leish, lengs, lenin, lenis, leugh, liens, liers, liesh, lieus, liger, ligne, linen, liner, lines, linge, lings, linie, linin, linns, luger, luges, lunes, lunge, lungi, lungs, lures, lurgi, luser, negus, nehru, neigh, nelis, nguni, niger, nighs, nihil, niner, nines, niris, nirls, nisei, nurls, nurse, quegh, querl, quern, quine, quins, quire, quirl, qursh, regin, reign, reins, relig, renig, renin, resin, resun, rhein, rhies, rhine, riels, rigel, rigil, riles, rines, ringe, rings, rinse, risen, rishi, risqu, ruing, ruins, rules, runes, rungs, segni, sengi, serin, seugh, sheng, shiel, shier, shine, shire, shirl, shrug, shule, shuln, shune, shure, sieur, sigil, silen, siler, singe, singh, siren, sirih, slier, sline, sling, sluer, sluig, slung, snirl, snurl, squeg, squin, suine, suing, sunni, surge, uglis, unlie, unrig, unsin, urges, uriel, urine, usher, usine, using, usnin
4 Letter Words for Relinquishing
eigh, elhi, engl, engr, engs, ergs, erin, eris, erns, ersh, eugh, gein, geir, gels, genl, gens, genu, gers, gien, gies, gile, gils, ginn, gins, gire, giri, girl, girn, gise, gish, glei, glen, glis, glue, gneu, gnus, gren, grin, gris, grue, grun, grus, gues, guhr, gule, guls, gunl, guns, gurl, gurn, gurs, gush, heii, heil, heir, heli, heng, hens, herl, hern, hers, hies, higi, hile, hili, hine, hing, hins, hire, hisn, hlqn, huer, hues, huge, hugs, huis, hule, hung, huns, hurl, huse, iglu, inne, inns, ires, iris, isle, iure, legs, lehr, leir, leis, leng, lens, lien, lier, lies, lieu, lige, ligs, liin, line, ling, linn, lins, lire, liri, lish, lisu, lues, luge, lugs, lune, lung, lunn, lure, lurg, lurs, lush, negs, nein, nesh, nies, nigh, nile, nils, nine, nirl, nisi, nung, nuns, nurl, nurs, qeri, quei, ques, quin, quis, regs, rehs, rein, renn, rgen, rhus, riel, ries, rigs, rile, rine, ring, rins, rise, ruen, rues, rugs, ruin, rule, rune, rung, runs, ruse, rush, seil, seir, serg, sher, shin, shir, shri, shug, shul, shun, sien, sier, sigh, sign, sile, sine, sing, sinh, sire, siri, slue, slug, slur, snig, snug, snur, suer, sugh, sugi, sune, sung, suni, sunn, sure, surg, ughs, ugli, ules, unie, unis, ures, urge, urns, user
3 Letter Words for Relinquishing
ehs, eir, eli, els, eng, enl, ens, erg, ern, ers, esq, esr, esu, gel, gen, ger, ghq, gie, gin, gis, gns, gnu, grs, gue, gui, gul, gun, gur, gus, hei, hel, hen, her, hes, hie, hin, hir, his, hrs, hue, hug, hui, hun, ign, ihi, ihs, iii, ile, ing, inn, ins, iqs, ire, irs, ise, ish, isl, isn, leg, lei, ler, les, leu, lie, lig, lin, liq, lir, lis, lnr, lue, lug, lur, neg, nei, nie, nig, nil, nis, nne, nul, nun, nur, nus, qis, qrs, que, qui, reg, reh, rei, rel, req, res, rhe, rie, rig, rin, rle, rue, rug, run, seg, sei, sel, sen, seq, ser, she, shi, shr, sie, sig, sil, sin, sir, sle, sri, sue, sui, sun, suq, sur, ugh, ugs, uhs, ule, ung, unh, uni, unl, unn, unq, uns, ure, urn, urs, use, ush
Definitions for Relinquishing
[1] to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
[2] to give up; put aside or desist from: to relinquish a plan.
[3] to let go; release: to relinquish one's hold.
[4] to give up (a task, struggle, etc); abandon
[5] to surrender or renounce (a claim, right, etc)
[6] to release; let go
Words related to Relinquishing
relinquishcede, abdicate, renounce, waive, quit, yield, abandon, forgo, withdraw, vacate, surrender, forbear, shed, abnegate, dump, repudiate, sacrifice, drop, resign, leave
Words nearby Relinquishing
relinquishreligiosity, religious, religious house, religious order, religious right, relinquish, reliquary, relique, reliquiae, relish, relive
Origin of Relinquishing
1425–75; late Middle English relinquissen, relinquisshen < Middle French relinquiss-, long stem of relinquir ≪ Latin relinquere to leave behind, equivalent to re- re- + linquere to leave (akin to lend)
Other words from Relinquishing
re·lin·quish·er , noun
re·lin·quish·ment , noun
non·re·lin·quish·ment , noun
un·re·lin·quished , adjective
un·re·lin·quish·ing , adjective
Word origin for Relinquishing
C15: from French relinquir , from Latin relinquere to leave behind, from re- + linquere to leave
Synonyms for Relinquishing
abandon, abdicate, cede, drop out, forgo, hand over, quit, renounce, surrender, vacate, waive, withdraw, yield, abnegate, cast, desert, discard, ditch, drop, dump, forbear, forsake, forswear, kick, leave, release, repudiate, resign, sacrifice, shed, back down, cast off, cut loose, drop like hot potato, kiss good-bye, lay aside, opt out, quit cold turkey, retire from, stand down, swear off, take the oath, take the pledge