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5 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Surrender \Sur*ren"der\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Surrendered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surrendering}.] [OF. surrendre to deliver; sur over + rendre to render. See {Sur-}, and {Render}.]
1. 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.
2. To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.
To surrender up that right which otherwise their founders might have in them. --Hooker.
3. 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.
4. (Law) 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Surrender \Sur*ren"der\, verb (used without an object) 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Surrender \Sur*ren"der\, noun
1. 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.
That he may secure some liberty he makes a surrender in trust of the whole of it. --Burke.
2. (Law) (a) The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion. (b) The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail. (c) The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See {Extradition}. --Wharton.
3. (Insurance) The voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of the company by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration (called the
{surrender value}). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
surrender
noun
1: acceptance of despair [syn: {resignation}]
2: a verbal act of admitting defeat [syn: {giving up}, {yielding}]
3: the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
4: the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort" [syn: {capitulation}, {fall}]
verb
1: give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered" [syn: {give up}] [ant: {resist}]
2: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn: {cede}, {deliver}, {give up}]
3: relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another [syn: {relinquish}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
242 Moby Thesaurus words for "surrender": abalienate, abalienation, abandon, abandonment, abatement of differences, abdicate, abdication, abjuration, abjure, abjurement, accommodate, accommodation, accordance, acknowledge defeat, acquiesce, adjust, adjustment, alien, alienate, alienation, amortization, amortize, amortizement, appeasement, arrangement, assign, assignation, assignment, award, awarding, bargain, bargain and sale, barter, beg a truce, bequeath, bequeathal, bestowal, bestowment, capitulate, capitulation, cease, cede, ceding, cession, circulate, come across with, come to terms, commit, communication, comply, compose, composition, compound, compromise, concede, concession, confer, conferment, conferral, consign, consignation, consignment, contribution, convey, conveyance, conveyancing, cop out, cop-out, crumble, cry pax, cry quits, deal, deed, deed over, deeding, deliver, deliver over, deliverance, delivery, demise, desertion of principle, desist from, devolve upon, disgorge, dispensation, dispense with, disposal, dispose of, disposition, distribute, do without, donation, drop, dropping out, duck responsibility, dump, dumping, endowment, enfeoff, enfeoffment, entrust, evade responsibility, evasion of responsibility, exchange, forgo, forgoing, fork over, forsake, forswear, forswearing, forward, furnishment, get along without, get rid of, getting rid of, gifting, give, give and take, give away, give in, give out, give over, give title to, give up, give way, give-and-take, giving, giving in, giving over, giving up, giving way, go down, go fifty-fifty, go under, grant, granting, hand, hand down, hand in, hand on, hand out, hand over, handing over, have done with, impartation, impartment, implore mercy, investiture, kiss good-bye, lay down, lease and release, leave, leave off, letting go, liberality, make a deal, make a sacrifice, make an adjustment, make concessions, make over, meet halfway, mutual concession, negotiate, offer, part with, pass, pass on, pass out, pass over, play politics, pray for quarter, presentation, presentment, provision, quit, quitclaim, reach, reach a compromise, recant, recantation, recedence, recession, release, relinquish, relinquishment, render, render up, renounce, renouncement, renunciation, resign, resignation, retract, retraction, retreat, riddance, sacrifice, sale, say uncle, sell, settle, settle on, settlement, settling, sign away, sign over, spare, split the difference, strike a balance, strike a bargain, submission, submit, subscription, succumb, supplying, swear off, swearing off, take the mean, throw up, trade, trading, transfer, transference, transferral, transmission, transmit, transmittal, turn in, turn over, turn up, turning over, understanding, vacate, vesting, vouchsafement, waive, waiver, white flag, withdrawing, yield, yield the palm, yielding
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