Definitionn. a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.
Last update: October 29, 2015
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Immediately after his coronation, he hastened to his newly won territories, accompanied by the principal civil and ecclesiastical dignitaries of Denmark, and was solemnly acknowledged lord of Northalbingia (the district lying between the Eider and the Elbe) at Lubeck, Otto IV., then in difficulties, voluntarily relinquishing all German territory north of the Elbe to Valdemar, who in return recognized Otto as German emperor. [Please select]
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"Very well, mon ami," said Duval, slowly relinquishing his hold, "take care that you do not forget." [Please select]
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"I am here for a definite purpose," he said, "and I have no intention of relinquishing it." [Please select]
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But the authorities at home did not favour cosmopolitan ideas, and so he was relinquishing them. [Please select]
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I have known it all along, and I have done very wrong in not relinquishing you before. [Please select]
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Not for an instant did the ape-man consider relinquishing his death-hold upon his adversary. [Please select]
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"O certainly," said Lovel; "I cannot think of relinquishing a plan so hopeful." [Please select]
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He however inclined to her entirely, paying no regard to others, but relinquishing all the rest of his favourites. [Please select]
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Your illness will be a valid excuse for retiring altogether from an active share in the business and of relinquishing the part you have taken in the affairs of the town. [Please select]
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He hid his face in his hands as the wounded monster slowly sank without relinquishing its hold on its victim. [Please select]
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