relinquish

Verb

• release, as from one's grip
  • Let go of the door handle, please!
    
  • relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall
    

• turn away from; give up
  • I am foreswearing women forever
    

• do without or cease to hold or adhere to
  • We are dispensing with formalities
    
  • relinquish the old ideas
    

• part with a possession or right
  • I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
    
  • resign a claim to the throne
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  let go of , let go , release , foreswear , renounce , quit , waive , forgo , forego , dispense with , resign , free , give up
• Antonyms: 
  hold , take hold