relinquishing
放棄する
解説 Definition
relinquishing は relinquish（手放す、放棄する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。権利、地位、所有物、責任などを自分から譲ったり放棄したりする場面で使われ、やや硬い表現です。
Relinquishing means voluntarily giving up possession, control, a right, responsibility, or an official role. It is a relatively formal expression and often implies that something previously held or exercised is being surrendered to another person or abandoned.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 relinquish「権利・支配・役職などを手放す」に -ing をそのまま付けた形で、綴りは relinquishing、発音は原形の末尾 /ʃ/ に /ɪŋ/ が続きます。give up より硬い語なので、relinquishing control、relinquishing a role のような公式な放棄・譲渡の場面で覚えます。
Start with relinquish, a formal verb meaning “give up or let go of something held.” Add -ing directly, without dropping or doubling any letters: relinquishing. In pronunciation, /ɪŋ/ follows the final /ʃ/ sound. Associate it with formal objects such as control, authority, ownership, a claim, or a role: a director may be relinquishing her position, or a manager may be relinquishing control. Give up is broader and more conversational, while relinquish often suggests deliberately surrendering something important that one possessed, controlled, or had the right to exercise.
例文
He is relinquishing control of the project next month.
彼は来月、そのプロジェクトの管理権を手放します。
Relinquishing the apartment was difficult after so many years.
何年も住んだ後でそのアパートを手放すのはつらいことでした。
The director announced that she was relinquishing her role at the end of the year.
その取締役は年末に自分の役職を退くと発表しました。
relinquishing の類義語・関連語
類義語
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relinquishing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
relinquishing は relinquish の進行形で、ラテン語 relinquere（後に残して去る）が古フランス語を経て入った語です。re-「後ろへ」＋linquere「 छोड़す・去る」から成り、手放して残していく感覚が「放棄する」につながります。関連語は delinquent, derelict。
Relinquishing is formed from relinquish and the suffix -ing. Relinquish came through French from Latin relinquere, meaning “leave behind, abandon, or forsake.” The Latin form combines re-, here carrying the idea of leaving back or behind, with linquere, “leave.” This history supports the modern sense of letting something go or surrendering it. Related words such as derelict and delinquent developed through forms connected with the same Latin family of leaving or failing.
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