Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/31/2015 - 16:38
definition:
turn away from; give up
sentence:
He had chosen to adopt the boys, whose biological father had relinquished custody after failing to pay child support.
Marriage involves relinquishing some aspect of personal freedom in order to submit to the disciplined identities of husband or wife.
difficulty:
medium
toefl frequency:
2
toefl classification:
adverb:
adjective:
relinquished
adverb sentence:
adjective sentence:
verb:
relinquish
verb sentence:
noun:
relinquishment
noun sentence:
He purchased relinquishments upon three beautiful quarter sections of land in the county lying just to the west.