Surrender definition
To give up or abandon.
Surrender all hope.
verb
To submit to the power of another, especially after resisting; give up.
verb
To give in (to)
To surrender to temptation.
verb
To give up in favor of another, especially voluntarily.
Surrendered her chair to her grandmother.
verb
To yield or resign (oneself) to an emotion, influence, etc.
verb
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To give oneself up to another's power or control, esp. as a prisoner.
verb
To give up or abandon.
Surrendering all hope.
verb
(law) To effectuate a surrender of.
verb
To give up claim to; give over or yield, esp. voluntarily, as in favor of another.
verb
To give up possession of or power over; yield to another on demand or compulsion.
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(law) 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.
noun
The act or an instance of surrendering.
The general demanded the unconditional surrender of the fort.
noun
The act of surrendering, yielding, or giving up, over, or in.
noun
To surrender is defined as to give up control of something or to give something up to another.
An example of to surrender is for someone to turn themselves into the police if they have done something wrong.
An example of to surrender is a mother giving up her baby to be adopted.
verb
(insurance) The voluntary abandonment of a policy by an insured person in return for a cash payment (surrender value), thus freeing the company of liability.
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(intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in to.
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To yield (oneself) to any influence, emotion, passion, or power.
To surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep.
verb
To give over or resign (oneself) to something, as to an emotion.
Surrendered himself to grief.
verb
To relinquish possession or control of (something) to another because of demand or compulsion.
Surrendered the city to the enemy.
verb
Delivery into the possession of another, such as vacating of property by the tenant before the lease has terminated so that the landlord may consider termination to have occurred; the giving up of a claim or a right; yielding to the control or power of another; the return of an estate to the one who has a reversion so as to merge the estate into a larger one.
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To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
To surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.
verb
To give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically (military) to yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
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