noun. The act of relinquishing, leaving, or quitting; a forsaking: the renouncing of a claim.

noun. The act of relinquishing.

noun. The act of relinquishing something.

noun. the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.

noun. a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.

"Joy advocates a policy of "relinquishment" -- a self-denying ordinance by which nations, commercial organizations and scientists would agree that certain technological advances were simply too dangerous to be worth pursuing."

abandonment  abdication  abnegation  abrogation  cession  

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