as in surrender
the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another
miraculously, the relinquishment of the hostages was accomplished without bloodshed
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Noun
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Military leaders pushed those possibilities to hellish extremes, following the logic that killing civilians might induce surrender.—
Colin Jones,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025 -
History has long taught us that such appeasement doesn’t work when concession is seen as weakness—or even as surrender.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This budget is not a final submission and anything that is submitted would need the approval of Congress to be implemented.—
Nathaniel Weixel,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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As part of his tightening grip on power, and his assault on 200-plus years of checks and balances, President Trump has bludgeoned some of the nation’s leading law firms into shameful submission, extracting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of free legal work for his pet causes.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Relinquishment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relinquishment. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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