The phrase "a relinquishment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of giving up or surrendering a right, claim, or possession.
Example: "The contract included a relinquishment of any future claims against the company."
Alternatives: "a waiver" or "a surrender".
Running for office means a relinquishment of privacy and family life that might, in general, be harder on women than men.
"I do that because, regardless of your view as to whether it is worth it or not, I can't equate the avoidance of the unpleasantness associated with coming to court on a daily basis with a relinquishment of any possibility, however remote you may believe it to be, of your not being found guilty".
For the fall men's wear collections, a number of designers, including Ann Demeulemeester and Dior Homme's Kris Van Assche, took guidance from religious garb in monochromatic tones that seem to evoke the northern light of Flanders, the body appearing androgynous and unsexed, as a relinquishment rather than a celebration of the self.
The end of white demographic dominance doesn't mean the same as a relinquishment of status.
Lands may be acquired by conquest; and a relinquishment, in consequence of hostilities, is tantamount to conquest.
The ICWA provides that to relinquish parental rights, an Indian parent must: do so in writing, do so before a judge, who must certify that the parent understood his or her actions, understands spoken English or has a translator available, and a relinquishment may not be executed prior to ten days after the child's birth.
Fairs entail a "conscious relinquishment of the aura in order to really sell for a few days".
They can make the right gestures, but even a small relinquishment of authority produces ugly withdrawal symptoms.
Sitting cross-legged on an easy chair in her home in Berkeley, Calif., last winter, she described the experience as a "complete relinquishment of anger, hatred and the desire for retribution and revenge".
It reads at first almost as a gentle relinquishment of the character; we might have expected to see Rocky fighting to the death (as he did in early, rejected drafts of "V"), but would we have ever imagined that he could simply fade away?
It is inconsistent with any notion of a voluntary relinquishment of the privilege".
