Word: reliquish
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...turning point, and that comes when the hen-pecked Middle Western husband overcomes the "savoin-faire" of Miss Bates by calmly waiting all day with her for Mr. Perkins in the latter's hotel suite; the result is that Mr. Perkins is almost forced, upon his return, to reliquish his condition of single blessedness in order that the Middle Western husband may be relieved of his unloving wife, who is one of Mr. Perkins' none too restrained admirers. In the end, the situation is saved through the brilliance of Miss Bates; and it is delicious to observe the triumph...
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