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Synonyms for relinquish

Synonyms for relinquish: release, waive and forfeit. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

3 synonyms · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 2 senses · verb

The 3 synonyms for relinquish

Interchangeable with relinquish, one per sense

Audited under relinquish's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one relinquish carries in that sense.

  • releaseverb, in the sense "release, as from one's grip"
  • waiveverb, in the sense "do without or cease to hold or adhere to"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name relinquish as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

  • forfeitforfeit is a verb in the sense "to lose or give up money as a penalty"

Two directions, one standard: two audited under relinquish and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.

Sense 1 of 2verbTier 3, RidgelineContact and joining

release, as from one's grip

Relinquish your grip on the rope and step back slowly.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

release

Same sentence, swapped: Release your grip on the rope and step back slowly.

Close but different

The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.

  • waive
  • renounce
  • hold
Sense 2 of 2verbTier 3, RidgelineSocial life

do without or cease to hold or adhere to

Relinquish the old ideas.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

waive

Same sentence, swapped: Waive the old ideas.

Close but different

The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.

  • free
  • utilize
  • dissect

Where relinquish turns up in the game

relinquish is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play relinquish

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so relinquish reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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