surrender

Plural: surrenders

Noun

• acceptance of despair
• a verbal act of admitting defeat
• the delivery of a principal into lawful custody
• the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
• An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
• The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
• 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.

Verb

• give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
  • "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
• relinquish possession or control over
  • "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
• To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
• To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
• To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
• To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
• To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
• To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
• For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.

Examples

• Don't shoot! I surrender!
• to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage
• to surrender oneself to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep

Synonyms

capitulation, cede, deliver, fall, give up, giving up, resignation, yielding, abandon, bend, betray, capitulate, cave in, chuck up the sponge, deplore, fall in line, give in, give over, give way, hand over, knuckle under, overgive, relinquish, strike one's flag, strike the colors, strike the flag, submit, surrender, throw in the towel, throw up one's hands, turn in, wave the white flag, yield

Antonyms

resist, brave, control, defeat, dominate, persevere, rule, stand firm, stay

Related Words

obey, quit, retreat