verb
Meaning 1
to relinquish
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
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delinquish
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verb
Meaning 2
to fail in duty or obligation
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *leykw- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *linékwti Proto-Italic *linkwō Latin linquō Latin dēlinquōbor. ▲ English relinquishinflu. English delinquish Borrowed from Latin dēlinquō (“to fail, err”) with the addition of -ish. Sense 1 was influenced by the similar verb relinquish.