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   surrender

   /səˈrɛndə/

   verb

   • 1. stop resisting to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority: "over 140 rebels surrendered to the authorities" Similar capitulategive ingive (oneself) upyieldconcedesubmitclimb downgive waydeferacquiesceback downcave inrelentsuccumbquitcrumblebe beatenbe overcomebe overwhelmedfall victimlay down one's armsraise/show the white flagthrow in the towel/spongeaccept defeatconcede defeatOpposite resistwithstand
   • ▪ (in sport) lose (a point, game, or advantage) to an opponent: "she surrendered only twenty games in her five qualifying matches"
   • ▪ give in to (a powerful emotion or influence): "he has surrendered to panic and is making things worse"
   • 2. give up or hand over (a person, right, or possession), typically on compulsion or demand: "in 1815 Denmark surrendered Norway to Sweden" Similar give uprelinquishrenounceforgoforswearcedeabdicatewaiveforfeitsacrificehand overturn overdeliver (up)yield (up)resigntransfercommitgrantpart withlet go ofarchaic:forsakeabandonleave behindcast asideturn one's back ongive uploseOpposite seize
   • ▪ (of a person assured) cancel (a life insurance policy) and receive back a proportion of the premiums paid.
   • ▪ give up (a lease) before its expiry.

   noun

   • 1. the action of surrendering to an opponent or powerful influence: "the final surrender of Germany on 8 May 1945" Similar capitulationsubmissionyieldinggiving insuccumbingacquiescencelaying down of armsquittingfalldefeatrelinquishmentsurrenderingrenunciationforgoingforsakingcedingcessionabdicationwaivingresignationhanding overgiving upyielding uptransferabandonment
   • 2. the action of surrendering a lease or life insurance policy.

   Word Origin late Middle English (chiefly in legal use): from Anglo-Norman French (see sur-1, render).

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   SURRENDER definition: 1. to stop fighting and admit defeat: 2. If you surrender to an experience or emotion, you stop…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of SURRENDER is to yield to the power, control, or possession of another upon compulsion or demand. How to use surrender in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Surrender.

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   If you surrender, you stop fighting or resisting someone and agree that you have been beaten.

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   To surrender is to give up control of something to someone else. If you miss curfew, your parents might make you surrender the keys to the car. Okay, it's only a minivan, but it's still cooler than being on foot patrol. If you want someone to give up, you might order them to surrender.

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   Surrender definition: to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress. See examples of SURRENDER used in a sentence.

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   1. To relinquish possession or control of (something) to another because of demand or compulsion: surrendered the city to the enemy. See Synonyms at relinquish. 2. To give up in favor of another, especially voluntarily: surrendered her chair to her grandmother. 3. To give up or abandon: surrender all hope. 4.

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   Definition of surrender verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.