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Definition of Relinquished
1. Adjective. That has been withdrawn or retreated from.
Definition of Relinquished
1. Verb. (past of relinquish) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Relinquished
1. relinquish [v] - See also: relinquish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Relinquished
Literary usage of Relinquished
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the History of the Revolt of the American Colonies: Being by George Chalmers (1845)
"Government relinquished in Despair by the Proprietors for Seven Years. — Trade
from New England. — Deputy-Governor Cary.— Glover nominated President. ..."
2. Memoir of the Life and Times of General John Lamb: An Officer of the by Isaac Q. Leake (1850)
"Distress of the Men.—Mott's Letter.—Lamb left in command of the Artillery on the
River.—Design on Canada.—Relinquished.—Army concentrated in the Highlands. ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"Great numbers of the Alani, appeased by the punctual discharge of the engagements
which Aurelian had contracted with them, relinquished^their booty and ..."
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