Definition of surrender

noun (n)

• acceptance of despair (noun.feeling)

  Synonym: resignation
  

  source: wordnet30
• a verbal act of admitting defeat (noun.communication)

  Synonym: giving up, yielding
  

  source: wordnet30
• the delivery of a principal into lawful custody (noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) (noun.act)

  Synonym: capitulation, fall
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• The voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of the company by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration (called the surrender value). (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another (verb.competition)

  Synonym: give up
  Antonym: hold out, resist, stand firm, withstand
  

  Example:
  The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered.
  

  source: wordnet30
• relinquish possession or control over (verb.possession)

  Synonym: cede, deliver, give up
  

  Example:
  The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in.
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• 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. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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