Surrender

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  • intransitive verb. To relinquish possession or control of (something) to another because of demand or compulsion: synonym: relinquish.
  • intransitive verb. To give up in favor of another, especially voluntarily.
  • intransitive verb. To give up or abandon.
  • intransitive verb. To give over or resign (oneself) to something, as to an emotion.
  • intransitive verb. To effectuate a surrender of.
  • intransitive verb. To submit to the power of another, especially after resisting; give up.
  • noun. The act or an instance of surrendering.
  • noun. The yielding of the possession of an estate to a party with a reversion or remainder interest in the estate, or of a lease to a landlord, prior to the term's expiration.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of surrendering; the act of yielding or resigning the possession of something into the power of another; a yielding or giving up: as, the surrender of a city; the surrender of a claim.
  • noun. In insurance, the abandonment of an assurance policy by the party assured on receiving a part of the premiums paid.
  • noun. In law: The yielding up of an estate for life, or for years, to him who has the immediate estate in reversion or remainder.
  • noun. The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.
  • noun. The delivering up of fugitives from justice by a foreign state; extradition.
  • noun. In the former English bankruptcy acts, the due appearance before the commissioners of one whom they had declared a bankrupt, in order that he might conform to the law and submit to examination if necessary.
  • To give back; render again; restore.
  • To give; offer; render.
  • To yield to the power or possession of another; give or deliver up possession of upon compulsion or demand: as, to surrender a fort or a ship.
  • To yield or resign in favor of another; cease to hold or claim; relinquish; resign: as, to surrender a privilege; to surrender an office.
  • In law, to make surrender of. See surrender, n., 3.
  • To yield or give up to any influence, passion, or power: with a reflexive pronoun: as, to surrender one's self to indolence.
  • To yield; give up one's self into the power of another: as, the enemy surrendered at the first summons.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To give up one's self into the power of another; to yield.
  • transitive verb. To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand.
  • transitive verb. To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
  • transitive verb. To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; -- used reflexively.
  • transitive verb. To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up.
  • noun. The act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning one's person, or the possession of something, into the power of another.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion.
  • noun. The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.
  • noun. The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition.
  • noun. The voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of the company by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration (called the surrender value).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (Military) to yield (land, a town, etc.) to an enemy.
  • verb. To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in to.
  • noun. An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
  • noun. The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
  • noun. The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. acceptance of despair
  • noun. a verbal act of admitting defeat
  • noun. the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
  • noun. the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
  • verb. give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
  • verb. relinquish possession or control over
  • Word Usage
    "So often the word surrender is associated with what we have to give up instead of what we get."
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