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- verb transitive, idiomatic To
relinquish control orpossession of something to someone;overgive .
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synonyms (113)
Words with the same meaning
- abalienate
- abandon
- abdicate
- abjure
- acknowledge defeat
- alien
- alienate
- amortize
- ante
- ante up
- assign
- barter
- bequeath
- carry over
- cease
- cede
- circulate
- come across with
- commend
- communicate
- confer
- confide
- consign
- convey
- cry quits
- deed
- deed over
- deliver
- deliver over
- demise
- deport
- desist from
- devolve upon
- diffuse
- dispense
- disseminate
- distribute
- drop
- enfeoff
- entrust
- exchange
- expel
- export
- extradite
- feed
- find
- forgo
- fork over
- forswear
- forward
- give
- give in
- give out
- give over
- give title to
- give up
- hand
- hand down
- hand forward
- hand in
- hand on
- hand out
- have done with
- impart
- import
- lay down
- leave
- leave off
- make over
- metastasize
- metathesize
- negotiate
- pass
- pass on
- pass out
- pass over
- pass the buck
- pay over
- perfuse
- provide
- put down
- put up
- reach
- relay
- relegate
- relinquish
- render
- renounce
- resign
- sell
- settle
- settle on
- sign away
- sign over
- spread
- supply
- surrender
- switch
- throw up
- trade
- transfer
- transfer property
- transfuse
- translate
- translocate
- transmit
- transplace
- transplant
- transpose
- turn over
- turn up
- waive
- yield
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