RELINQUISH, give up, abandon, desert, forsake, leave in the lurch; go back on [colloq.]; depart -, secede - withdraw- from; back out of [colloq.], back down from [colloq.]; leave, quit, take leave of, bid a long farewell; vacate (resign) [See Resignation].
RENOUNCE (abjure) [See Tergiversation]; forego, have done with, drop; nol-pros [law]; disuse [See Disuse]; discard [See Relinquishment]; wash one’s hands of; drop all idea of.
BREAK OFF, leave off; desist; stop (cease) [See Cessation]; hold one’s hand, stay one’s hand; quit one’s hold; give over, shut up shop; throw up the -game, - cards.
give up the -point, - argument; pass to the order of the day, move the previous question, table, table the motion.
ADJECTIVE:
UNPURSUED; relinquished &c. v.; relinquishing &c. v.
