'Surrender' definitions:
Definition of 'surrender'
(from WordNet)
noun
Acceptance of despair [syn: resignation, surrender]
noun
noun
The delivery of a principal into lawful custody
noun
The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort" [syn: capitulation, fall, surrender]
verb
Give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered" [syn: surrender, give up] [ant: hold out, resist, stand firm, withstand]
verb
Definition of 'Surrender'
From: GCIDE
- Surrender \Sur*ren"der\, v. i. 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Surrender'
From: GCIDE
- Surrender \Sur*ren"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surrendered; p. pr. & vb. n. Surrendering.] [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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage. [1913 Webster]
- To surrender up that right which otherwise their founders might have in them. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Law) 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Surrender'
From: GCIDE
- Surrender \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. [1913 Webster]
- That he may secure some liberty he makes a surrender in trust of the whole of it. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) (a) 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 delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Insurance) The voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of the company by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration (called the
- surrender value). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'surrender'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abalienate,
- abalienation,
- abandon,
- abandonment,
- abatement of differences,
- abdicate,
- abdication,
- abjuration,
- abjure,
- abjurement,
- accommodate,
- accommodation,
- accordance,
- acknowledge defeat,
- acquiesce,
- adjust,
- adjustment,
- alien,
- alienate,
- alienation,
- amortization,
- amortize,
- amortizement,
- appeasement,
- arrangement,
- assign,
- assignation,
- assignment,
- award,
- awarding,
- bargain,
- bargain and sale,
- barter,
- beg a truce,
- bequeath,
- bequeathal,
- bestowal,
- bestowment,
- capitulate,
- capitulation,
- cease,
- cede,
- ceding,
- cession,
- circulate,
- come across with,
- come to terms,
- commit,
- communication,
- comply,
- compose,
- composition,
- compound,
- compromise,
- concede,
- concession,
- confer,
- conferment,
- conferral,
- consign,
- consignation,
- consignment,
- contribution,
- convey,
- conveyance,
- conveyancing,
- cop out,
- cop-out,
- crumble,
- cry pax,
- cry quits,
- deal,
- deed,
- deed over,
- deeding,
- deliver,
- deliver over,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- demise,
- desertion of principle,
- desist from,
- devolve upon,
- disgorge,
- dispensation,
- dispense with,
- disposal,
- dispose of,
- disposition,
- distribute,
- do without,
- donation,
- drop,
- dropping out,
- duck responsibility,
- dump,
- dumping,
- endowment,
- enfeoff,
- enfeoffment,
- entrust,
- evade responsibility,
- evasion of responsibility,
- exchange,
- forgo,
- forgoing,
- fork over,
- forsake,
- forswear,
- forswearing,
- forward,
- furnishment,
- get along without,
- get rid of,
- getting rid of,
- gifting,
- give,
- give and take,
- give away,
- give in,
- give out,
- give over,
- give title to,
- give up,
- give way,
- give-and-take,
- giving,
- giving in,
- giving over,
- giving up,
- giving way,
- go down,
- go fifty-fifty,
- go under,
- grant,
- granting,
- hand,
- hand down,
- hand in,
- hand on,
- hand out,
- hand over,
- handing over,
- have done with,
- impartation,
- impartment,
- implore mercy,
- investiture,
- kiss good-bye,
- lay down,
- lease and release,
- leave,
- leave off,
- letting go,
- liberality,
- make a deal,
- make a sacrifice,
- make an adjustment,
- make concessions,
- make over,
- meet halfway,
- mutual concession,
- negotiate,
- offer,
- part with,
- pass,
- pass on,
- pass out,
- pass over,
- play politics,
- pray for quarter,
- presentation,
- presentment,
- provision,
- quit,
- quitclaim,
- reach,
- reach a compromise,
- recant,
- recantation,
- recedence,
- recession,
- release,
- relinquish,
- relinquishment,
- render,
- render up,
- renounce,
- renouncement,
- renunciation,
- resign,
- resignation,
- retract,
- retraction,
- retreat,
- riddance,
- sacrifice,
- sale,
- say uncle,
- sell,
- settle,
- settle on,
- settlement,
- settling,
- sign away,
- sign over,
- spare,
- split the difference,
- strike a balance,
- strike a bargain,
- submission,
- submit,
- subscription,
- succumb,
- supplying,
- swear off,
- swearing off,
- take the mean,
- throw up,
- trade,
- trading,
- transfer,
- transference,
- transferral,
- transmission,
- transmit,
- transmittal,
- turn in,
- turn over,
- turn up,
- turning over,
- understanding,
- vacate,
- vesting,
- vouchsafement,
- waive,
- waiver,
- white flag,
- withdrawing,
- yield,
- yield the palm,
- yielding