Relinquish vs Bequeath - What's the difference?
relinquish | bequeath | Related terms |
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.
(legal) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
To hand down; to transmit.
To give; to offer; to commit.
Relinquish is a related term of bequeath.
As verbs the difference between relinquish and bequeath
is that relinquish is to give up, abandon or retire from something while bequeath is (legal) to give or leave by will; to give by testament.relinquish
English
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