I would rather die than relinquish my virginity before marriage.

Power is a drug which few ever manage to relinquish.

He had qualified as a doctor but early relinquished the profession of medicine.

No one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.

They will never relinquish power willingly.

He had qualified as a doctor but early relinquished the profession of medicine, and lived at home while pursuing literary ambitions; though his verses never had any marked success.

Dunkelman’s assessment is that people focus most of their time and attention on the inner and outer rings, while relinquishing those middle-ring connections that are fundamental to strengthening local communities, encouraging debate and cultivating compromise.