relinquishment 1. The act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or s task, etc. 2. A verbal act of renouncing a claim, or a right, or a position, etc. 3. To retire from; to give up or to abandon. 4. To put aside or desist from (something practiced, professed, or intended). 5. To let go; to surrender. 6. To cease holding physically; to release... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1288/8