Surrender Definition

To give up possession of or power over; yield to another on demand or compulsion.

To give up claim to; give over or yield, esp. voluntarily, as in favor of another.

To give in (to)

To give up or abandon.

To give oneself up to another's power or control, esp. as a prisoner.

The act of surrendering, yielding, or giving up, over, or in.

The voluntary abandonment of a policy by an insured person in return for a cash payment (surrender value), thus freeing the company of liability.

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.

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.