Relinquish vs Forgo - What's the difference?
relinquish | forgo |
To give up, abandon or retire from something.
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]
To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
To let pass, to leave alone
To do without, to abandon
To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo.
As verbs the difference between relinquish and forgo
is that relinquish is to give up, abandon or retire from something while forgo is to let pass, to leave alone.relinquish
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Verb
(es)- to relinquish a title
- to relinquish property
- to relinquish rights
- to relinquish citizenship or nationality
- 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 .
- ''The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction
Derived terms
* (l)External links
* *forgo
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Alternative forms
* foregoVerb
- The only way to avoid shame is to forgo acting shamefully.