relinquish

Object

• ownership: Once on shared paper, does Chopin relinquish ownership?
• control: No state will relinquish any control over their military.
• responsibility: In effect they relinquish responsibilities for preservation of heritage within the local area.
• possession: Leeds, by contrast, relinquished possession far too easily.
• command: I feel that I relinquish a command of which any man may be proud.
• post: He relinquished the post to the incoming governor on 11 July 2004.

Used with why or when

• what: Young people may feel and need to show their sadness and to relinquish what can be a façade of stoicism when they are ill.
• when: But that autumn, Hilda Annersley arrived, to take over the English teaching Madge Bettany had relinquished when she got married.
• whatever: Alex parted his hands, slowly, relinquishing whatever was left.

Modifying Another Word

• voluntarily: The developer might voluntarily relinquish all or part of the planning consent in recognition of the value of the site for nature conservation.
• reluctantly: Republic of Ireland ( pictured right ), who reluctantly relinquished their title to England last year are back with a vastly experienced squad.
• willingly: Now I willingly relinquish the crown " she added, naively, " May I not go home?
• finally: Russia finally relinquished control of the nuclear reactor facilities in September 1995.
• never: King added an easy penalty in the 20th minute to allow Wasps to take the lead, a lead they would never relinquish.
• easily: These achievements, once gained, are not easily relinquished.

Preposition: in

favor: Yes, the next of kin can relinquish in favor of you providing that there are no objections from other surviving relatives.