relinquishment
放棄
解説 Definition
権利や所有権などを自発的に放棄すること。財産や権力を進んで手放すこと。
Relinquishment is the act of giving up something such as a right, claim, position, or control. It is often used in legal, formal, or official contexts. The word suggests a deliberate decision to let something go rather than losing it by accident.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず動詞 `relinquish` を先に固めると覚えやすいです。意味は `give up` や `surrender` に近いですが、感情的に投げ出す感じより、権利・地位・支配・請求権などを正式に手放す硬い語。`-ment` が付くと「行為・結果」を表す名詞になるので、`relinquishment` は「手放すこと」そのもの。`abandon` より対象が制度的で、`relinquishment of rights / control / ownership` の形で法的・公的文脈に出やすい、と場面ごと覚えると定着します。
First lock in the verb `relinquish`, which is a formal way to say `give up`. Then add `-ment`, a common noun ending for an act or result. That makes `relinquishment` easier to remember as the formal act of giving up something like rights, control, or ownership.
例文
The relinquishment of the property required legal documentation.
財産の放棄には法的書類が必要だった。
The king's relinquishment of power was shocking to the nation.
王の権力放棄は国民に衝撃を与えた。
Her relinquishment of custody was recorded in the legal agreement.
彼女の親権放棄は法的合意書に記録された。
relinquishment の類義語・関連語
relinquishment の語源・成り立ち Etymology
relinquishmentはラテン語relinquere「後に残して去る」が源で、re-「後ろに」+ linquere「 छोड़して去る」に由来します。『手元から離して置いていく』感覚が『放棄』になり、relinquishに名詞語尾-mentが付いた形です。
Relinquishment comes from relinquish plus the noun ending -ment. Relinquish goes back to Latin relinquere, meaning "leave behind" or "give up," from re- in the sense of "back" and linquere "leave." The core image is of leaving something behind, which developed naturally into the sense of giving it up. Related words include derelict and delinquent from the same Latin family of leaving.
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