relinquishing

Other forms of relinquishing

plural

relinquishings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about relinquishing

What does relinquishing mean?

relinquishing means "a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in relinquishing?

relinquishing has 4 syllables: re-linq-ui-shing. The stress falls on "linq". In IPA it is /ɹiˈlɪŋkwɪʃɪŋ/.

What is another word for relinquishing?

Close synonyms include relinquishment, relinquishment. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is relinquishing a common word?

relinquishing is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.