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relinquished

adjective as in derelict

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It says most children are now adopted from care, with only a small number "relinquished" for adoption.

From BBC

To finance them, they’ve sold vast swaths of church property and in some cases exhausted or relinquished insurance coverage for past and future abuse claims.

Half a century or more after the UK relinquished control over almost all its vast global empire, it has finally agreed to hand over one of the very last pieces.

From BBC

But after 20 years, he finally gave in and relinquished this hold over this film and let it go.

From Salon

Though she relinquished the House speakership in 2023, Pelosi wields a near unparalleled amount of power in her party and cares deeply about her party’s strength in Washington.

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