relinquish
rih-LING-kwishverbMeaning to give up or let go of something
Memory hook re-LINQU: LEAVE it behind, hand it OVER. After forty years at sea, the old captain hands the ship’s wheel to the new young captain and steps back; he relinquishes command.
The toddler refused to relinquish the television remote.
In context After forty years running the bakery, Mr. Ortiz finally relinquished control to his daughter, though he still came in every morning to taste the bread.
Similar give up, surrender, hand over, let go
Opposite keep, retain, seize
From Latin relinquere, “to leave behind”: re- (behind) + linquere (to leave).