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SURRENDER
capitulation, fall, surrender
(noun) the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions); “they were protected until the capitulation of the fort”
surrender
(noun) the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
resignation, surrender
(noun) acceptance of despair
surrender, give up
(verb) give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another; “The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered”
surrender, cede, deliver, give up
(verb) relinquish possession or control over; “The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
surrender (third-person singular simple present surrenders, present participle surrendering, simple past and past participle surrendered)
(transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
(military, by extension, transitive) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
(intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
(transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
(reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
(ambitransitive, blackjack) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
(transitive, insurance) For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.
Synonyms
• ((transitive) give up into the power, control, or possession of another): hand over, overgive
• ((intransitive) give oneself up into the power of another): strike one's flag, wave the white flag
Noun
surrender (countable and uncountable, plural surrenders)
An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
(legal, property law) 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.
Synonyms
• capitulation
Anagrams
• surrendre
Source: Wiktionary
Sur*ren"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surrendered; p. pr. & vb. n. Surrendering.] Etym: [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)
Definition: 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.
Sur*ren"der, v. i.
Definition: 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.
Sur*ren"der, n.
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)
Definition: 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 delivry up oh fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition. Wharton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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