Relinquished and Stayed

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Relinquished adjective - That has been withdrawn or retreated from.

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Stayed is an antonym for relinquished.

Nearby Word: relinquishing

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Relinquished is an antonym for stayed.

Nearby Words: stay, staying, stayer

After the exile the current Dalai Lama stayed on in charge of the Central Tibetian Administration but then relinquished political power to the democratically elected leaders of the CTA in 2011.

Source: The Theocracy

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