surrender

v. submit, yield, capitulate; relinquish, give up, abandon

n. capitulation, submission, yielding, relinquishing

Surrender or surrendering may refer to: Surrender (military), capitulationSurrender (spirituality and psychology), the relinquishment of one's own willSurrender (film), starring Sally Field and Michael CaineSurrender (1931 film), starring Warner Baxter
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Noun
1. acceptance of despair
(synonym) resignation
(hypernym) despair
(hyponym) defeatism
2. a verbal act of admitting defeat
(synonym) giving up, yielding
(hypernym) relinquishment, relinquishing
(derivation) give up
3. the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
(hypernym) delivery, livery, legal transfer
(hyponym) extradition
(derivation) cede, deliver, give up
4. the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
(synonym) capitulation, fall
(hypernym) loss
(derivation) give up
Verb
1. give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
(synonym) give up
(antonym) resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm
(hypernym) yield
(hyponym) concede
(derivation) capitulation, fall
2. relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
(synonym) cede, deliver, give up
(hypernym) give, gift, present
(hyponym) yield up
3. relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another
(synonym) relinquish
(hypernym) yield
(hyponym) abnegate
(derivation) surrenderer, yielder

(v. t.)
To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion.
  

(v. t.)
To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ship.
  

(v. t.)
To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; -- used reflexively; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep.
  

(v. t.)
To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.
  

(v. i.)
To give up one's self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons.
  

(n.)
The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion.
  

(n.)
The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.
  

(n.)
The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition.
  

(n.)
The act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning one's person, or the possession of something, into the power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right.
  

Synonyms and related words:
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