The procedure whereby a right to divert or withdraw water is surrendered to the state Relinquishment includes the forfeiture or abandonment of a right coupled with recognition by the state that forfeiture or abandonment has occurred
{i} act of surrendering, act of giving up, renouncement; desertion, abandonment, act of forsaking
(see also Surrender papers)the legal process by which birth parents voluntarily surrender rights to parent their children After relinquishment, birth parents have no legal right to further contact with the children
The giving-up of custodial and legal rights to a child by a birth parent This is a legally binding, permanent procedure involving the signing of legal documents and court action