Abjure vs Relinquish - What's the difference?

abjure | relinquish |

As verbs the difference between abjure and relinquish

is that abjure is while relinquish is to give up, abandon or retire from something.

abjure

English

Verb

(abjur)

To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow.

To abjure allegiance to a prince.

To abjure the realm (to swear to abandon it forever).

(transitive, obsolete, historical) To cause one to renounce or recant.

To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim.

To abjure errors.

* 1610 , , act 5 scene 1

But this rough magic I here abjure [...]

To abstain from; to avoid; to shun.

Synonyms

* renounce

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relinquish
English

Verb
(es)
To give up, abandon or retire from something.

to relinquish a title

to relinquish property

to relinquish rights

to relinquish citizenship or nationality

To let go (free, away), physically release.

To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.

* 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]

But it was the most fleeting of false dawns. Dmitri Yachvilli slotted a penalty from distance after Flood failed to release his man on the deck, and France took a grip they would never relinquish .

To accept to give up, withdraw etc.

''The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction

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