He had qualified as a doctor but early relinquished the profession of medicine.
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Relinquished
Synonyms for "relinquished" (61 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
dispensed withdisposed ofdisuseddone withforfeitforgoneforswornnot worth savingobsolescentobsoleteoldold-fashionedon the shelfoutout of date
Verb(3 words)
Related words (30)
out of useout-of-dateoutdatedoutmodedoutwornpast usepensioned offrecantedreleasedrenouncedresignedretiredretractedsacrificedsuperannuatesuperannuatedsupersededsurrenderedwaivedworn out
Verb(8 words)
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More general
10 entriesabandonmentcessationdiscontinuationdispossessiongive upleave officerenunciationstep downsurrendertermination
More specific
14 entriesabandoned projectabandoned propertyabdicate throneceased operationsceded territorydropped mandaterelinquish controlrelinquish ownershiprelinquish rightsrenounced rightsresign presidencystep down from rolesurrendered titleterminated contract
Collocations
9 entriesrelinquish controlrelinquish ownershiprelinquish rightsrelinquished claimrelinquished controlrelinquished propertyrelinquished rightsrelinquished titlerelinquishment of property
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
He had qualified as a doctor but early relinquished the profession of medicine, and lived at home while pursuing literary ambitions; though his verses never had any marked success.
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Now the ships were usually beached on the dry sand: / the young men were busy with weddings and their fresh fields: / I was deciding on laws and homesteads: suddenly, / from some infected region of the sky, came a wretched plague, / corrupting bodies, trees, and crops, and a season of death. / They relinquished sweet life, or dragged their sick limbs / around: then Sirius blazed over barren fields: / the grass withered, and the sickly harvest denied its fruits.
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