derelinquish means to abandon or desert, to leave to itself.
Etymology
From de- + relinquish as a calque of Latin dērelinquere. See dereliction in Roman law for its particular use in Scotland.
verb
- to abandon or desert, to leave to itself“During this elemental conflict, and the crash and ruin of the submerged continent, many of its component parts must have been reduced to atoms, and dispersed through the swelling waves that usurped its place. The more liquid bitumens must by the agitation have intimately mixed with them. They must also have absorbed the fixed air contained in the bowels of the sunk continent; and further, by this ”