Relinquish
Relinquish (-kw?sh) , transitive verb
[Old French relinquir, Latin relinquere to leave behind; pref. re- re + linquere to leave. See Loan, and compare Relic, Relict.]
1.
To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.
We ought to relinquish such rites.
They placed Irish tenants upon the lands relinquished by the English.
2.
To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to relinquish a debt.