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Relinquish Re‧Lin‧Quish Rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ Verb Transitive Formal Position Power

Front relinquish
Back re‧lin‧quish /rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/ verb [transitive]
formal to let someone else have your position, power, or rights, especially unwillingly SYN give up:
No one wants to relinquish power once they have it.
relinquish something to somebody
Stultz relinquished control to his subordinate.

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